# NTSB UNK64X4024: Piper PA22, N2393A, Kershaw, SC, September 17, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 17, 1964
- Place: Kershaw, SC · KERSHAW, SC
- Location: 34.5433° N, 80.5872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kershaw, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5433&lon=-80.5872&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 12, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181640
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X4024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X4024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2933  64/9/17    KERSHAW SC          PIPER PA22          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 600
        TIME - 1730                    N2393A              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DERSHAW
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK HOLE IN GROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2393A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2393A-2016-01-28), registration cancelled 2016-01-28, S/N 22-759, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (registry code 7102206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Dershaw

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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