# NTSB UNK65X0472: Piper PA22, N4556Z, What Cheer, IA, October 29, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 29, 1964
- Place: What Cheer, IA · WHAT CHEER, IA
- Location: 41.4003° N, 92.3571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of What Cheer, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4003&lon=-92.3571&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 30, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180946
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0472
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0472

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3354  64/10/29   WHAT CHEER IOWA     PIPER PA22          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1986
        TIME - 1720                    N4556Z              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KRUSE AIRPARK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4556Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4556Z-2002-02-08), registration cancelled 2002-02-08, S/N 22-8061, built 1961 (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)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Kruse Airpark

## Other investigations on N4556Z (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 LAX99LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA064), Jan 2, 1999: Piper PA-22-108 (N4556Z), Hayward, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control. A factor in this accident was the inadvertent ground loop swerve.

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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