UNK65X0403

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA22 · Payson, AZ · October 24, 1964

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
October 24, 1964
Place
Payson, AZ · PAYSON, AZ
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Taxi
Aircraft
N5745ZPiper PA22
Status
Completed · report December 3, 1964
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
180897

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3309  64/10/24   PAYSON ARIZ         PIPER PA22          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 26, 35 TOTAL
        TIME - 1130                    N5745Z              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BIRCH MESA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN

Aircraft

Registration
N5745Z
Reported as
Piper PA22
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Birch Mesa

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.