# NTSB UNK64X1541: Piper PA22, N5460Z, Bowling Grn, OH, May 1, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 1, 1964
- Place: Bowling Grn, OH · BOWLING GRN, OH
- Location: 41.3791° N, 83.6479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowling Green, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3791&lon=-83.6479&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 26, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185012
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1541
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1541

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0306   64/5/1    BOWLING GRN OHIO    PIPER PA22          CR-  1  1  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1014                    N5460Z              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 42, 8800 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            615 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
        REMARKS- STRUCK POWERLINE DURING SIMULATED FORCED LANDING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5460Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5460Z-1965-05-20), registration cancelled 1965-05-20, S/N 22-9238 (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

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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