# NTSB UNK64X0987: Piper PA22, N5481, Waukon, IA, March 20, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 20, 1964
- Place: Waukon, IA · WAUKON, IA
- Location: 43.2685° N, 91.4785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waukon, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2685&lon=-91.4785&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 3, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184471
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0987
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0987

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0675  64/3/20    WAUKON IOWA         PIPER PA22          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 29, 25 TOTAL
        TIME - 1500                    N5481               PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WAUKON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND                                 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES                         VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5481 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Waukon

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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