# NTSB UNK64X1472: Piper PA22, N5638Z, Freeport, ME, April 26, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 26, 1964
- Place: Freeport, ME · FREEPORT, ME
- Location: 43.8571° N, 70.1026° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Freeport, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8571&lon=-70.1026&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 15, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184410
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1472
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1472

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1046  64/4/26    FREEPORT ME         PIPER PA22          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 35, 23 TOTAL
        TIME - 1750                    N5638Z              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STOVER S
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5638Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5638Z-1970-08-04), registration cancelled 1970-08-04, S/N 229450 (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)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Stover S

## Other investigations on N5638Z (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 NYC67A0015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67A0015), Jul 16, 1966: Piper PA-22 (N5638Z), E Taunton, MA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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