Piper PA22 N3535A

Summary

On 12 November 2020 at about 22:30 local time, a Piper PA22 registered N3535A was involved in an accident near Salem, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 November 2020 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Salem, Indiana, United States

Nearest airport

Private (None)

Coordinates

38.6024, -86.1452

Aircraft

Piper PA22

Registration

N3535A

Category

Airplane

Year built

1953

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN21LA060

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to avoid an obstacle during his approach to land.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that while flying a visual approach to land, the airplane’s landing gear struck a pile of dirt at the end of the runway, which pitched the airplane forward causing it to impact the runway in a nose down attitude. The airplane’s forward fuselage sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.