# NTSB UNK64X1484: Piper PA22, N5282Z, Texas City, TX, April 27, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: April 27, 1964
- Place: Texas City, TX · TEXAS CITY, TX
- Location: 29.3838° N, 94.9027° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Texas City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3838&lon=-94.9027&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 15, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184420
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1484
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1484

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1055  64/4/27    TEXAS CITY TEX      PIPER PA22          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 34, 150
        TIME - 1745                    N5282Z              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GULF COAST
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5282Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5282Z-1973-06-25), registration cancelled 1973-06-25, S/N 228977 (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: Destroyed
- Airport: Gulf Coast

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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