19790421010019A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-20-135 · Tulsa, OK · April 21, 1979

Date
April 21, 1979 · 16:45 local
Place
Tulsa, OK
Airport
Harvey Young
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N189N
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79FA075
Reported as
Piper PA20135
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
621 total11 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine failed. Water and trash found in fuel. Pilot allowed aircraft to stall and spin.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED. WATER AND TRASH FOUND IN FUEL. PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO STALL AND SPIN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.