- Date
- March 15, 1964
- Place
- Tampa, IA · TAMPA, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3263ZPiper PA22
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185440
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0764 64/3/15 TAMPA IOWA PIPER PA22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 33 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N3263Z PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3263Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N3263Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC26LA013Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3 · LimitedPreliminary reportAnchorage, AKOn January 31, 2026, about 1921 Alaska standard time, a Piper PA-22-150 airplane, N3263Z, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Anchorage, Alaska. The pilot was uninjured, and the passenger was transported to the hospital with…NTSB CHI94LA109Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBenton, ILThe pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. A factor associated with the accident was the tailwind.