- Date
- December 25, 1964
- Place
- Piney Point, MD · PINEY POINT, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5730ZPiper PA22
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180303
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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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3724 64/12/25 PINEY POINT MD PIPER PA22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 48 TOTAL TIME - 1215 N5730Z PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STEUART FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TEMPERATURE-F RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5730Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Steuart Field
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Other investigations on N5730Z · 2
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