Piper PA-22 N1489A

Summary

On 6 August 1982 at about 15:25 local time, a Piper PA-22 registered N1489A, operated by Dennis Zumwalt, was involved in an accident near Lake Arthur, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 August 1982 at 15:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Lake Arthur, New Mexico, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-22

Registration

N1489A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dennis Zumwalt

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Roswell → Artesia-Roswell

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW82FQA24

2 people were seriously injured.

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

THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE ON A FLIGHT TO PICK UP SPARE PARTS. THE PASSENGER RECALLED THAT WHILE EN ROUTE, THE PILOT REMARKED, "OH, I CAN'T RESIST" AND STARTED TO DESCEND, THEN MADE A PASS AT ABOUT 50 FT OVER A FIELD HAND. THE FIELD HAND, A MEXICAN NATIONAL, REPORTED THAT THE PLANE MADE TWO PASSES OVER HIM AND HE JUMPED INTO A DITCH FOR FEAR OF BEING STRUCK. AFTER THE SECOND PASS, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK LEVEL GROUND WHILE IN A RELATIVELY LEVEL FLIGHT ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN CONVERTED/EQUIPPED WITH CONVENTIONAL GEAR (FIXED TAILWHEEL) ON 1/2/82.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.