# NTSB UNK64X0277: Piper PA22, N5445Z, Moorestown, NJ, January 18, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 18, 1964
- Place: Moorestown, NJ · MOORESTOWN, NJ
- Location: 39.9671° N, 74.9427° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Moorestown, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9671&lon=-74.9427&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185532
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0277
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0277

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0137  64/1/18    MOORESTOWN NJ       PIPER PA22          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 33, 20 TOTAL
        TIME - 1500                    N5445Z              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5445Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5445Z-2012-03-30), registration cancelled 2012-03-30, S/N 22-9222, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-108](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (registry code 7102204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N5445Z (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC66F0653](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66F0653), May 11, 1966: Piper PA-22 (N5445Z), Winooski, VT, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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