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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI83LA354

1983-07-31 JUNEAU, Wisconsin, United States Airport · UNU None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8632D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-160

Year of manufacture

1957 · 26 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19571227

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABDC9E

Registrant of record

FRANKLIN JAY D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE THE APPROACH AT 85-90 MPH WITH 40 DEGREES FLAPS AND 1100 RPM. THE WINDS WERE FROM 270 DEGREES AT 10 KTS GUSTING TO 20 KTS THE ACFT STARTED TO SINK ON THE SHORT FINAL AND THE PILOT APPLIED POWER AND PULLED BACK ON THE STICK IN AN ATTEMPT TO CLEAR THE RWY END. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR HIT THE RUNWAY LIP FORCING THE ACFT BACK INTO THE AIR AFTER WHICH IT STALLED AND LANDED HARD COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_CHI83LA354.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (stall). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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