Piper PA-15 N4571H

7 April 1971 · Ankeny, Iowa, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 7 April 1971 at about 16:00 local time, a Piper PA-15 registered N4571H, operated by Everett D Lewi, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Ankeny, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 7 April 1971 at 16:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Ankeny, Iowa, United States
Nearest airport: Sexauer Field
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-15
Registration: N4571H
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Everett D Lewi
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1174

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	0

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

30DEG X-WIND GUSTING 20K. PLT HAD ONLY 15 MINUTES IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1174, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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