# NTSB UNK65X0630: Piper PA22, N3221B, Cedar City, UT, November 9, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 9, 1964
- Place: Cedar City, UT · CEDAR CITY, UT
- Location: 37.6775° N, 113.0619° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6775&lon=-113.0619&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 7, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181660
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0630
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0630

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3444   64/11/9   CEDAR CITY UT       PIPER PA22          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 38, 20 TOTAL
        TIME - 0948                    N3221B              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR CITY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3221B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3221B-1971-05-21), registration cancelled 1971-05-21, S/N 22-2049 (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)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Cedar City

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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