Piper PA-22 N5970Z
27 September 1969 · Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 27 September 1969 at about 17:45 local time, a Piper PA-22 registered N5970Z was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 17:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States
- Nearest airport
- Isley
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-22
- Registration
- N5970Z
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Training
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- 3-4060
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
PLT FUELED ACFT THOUGHT R TANK BEING FUELED WAS THE LEFT.FUEL VALUE L, TANK EMPTY.LNDD IN CORN FLD.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Midlothian, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-22 | St Albans, Vermont, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Aug 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Arriba, Colorado, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 2 Aug 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 8 Nov 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Gwinn, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Bowmanville, Canada | Pryor Aviation | Fatal | 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-28 | Lacosta Is, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Mar 1969 | Cessna 310 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1969 | Luscombe 8A | Sedalia, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Apr 1969 | Beechcraft H35 | Union Lake, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 1969 | Taylr Titch M-3 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Apr 1969 | Boeing A75N1 | Condon, Oregon, United States | Farm Air Inc. | Fatal | - |