# NTSB UNK64X1669: Piper PA24, N5100P, Cheraw, SC, May 8, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 8, 1964
- Place: Cheraw, SC · CHERAW, SC
- Location: 34.6979° N, 79.9140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cheraw, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6979&lon=-79.9140&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 18, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183865
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1669
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1669

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1209   64/5/8    CHERAW SC           PIPER PA24          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 67, 3380
        TIME - 1800                    N5100P              PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 756 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CHERAW
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RAMP/TAXIWAY SURFACE
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK A HOLE IN GROUND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5100P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5100P), registered now, S/N 24-105, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Cheraw

## Other investigations on N5100P (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 MIA72DKH23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72DKH23), Jun 16, 1972: Piper PA-24 (N5100P), Dublin, GA, no damage

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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