- Date
- January 15, 1965
- Place
- Rockwall, TX · ROCKWALL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4644ZPiper PA22
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179973
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0066 65/1/15 ROCKWALL TEX PIPER PA22 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N4644Z PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 43, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCKWALL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 45 45 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4644Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rockwall
N4644ZRegistration cancelled Nov 4, 2019 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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