# Accident 19810730046299A: Piper PA28161, Mcalester, OK, July 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1981, 08:15 local time
- Place: Mcalester, OK
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9261° N, 95.7736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McAlester, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9261&lon=-95.7736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2209Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2209Z-2012-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 116 total, 26 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810730046299A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

VFR PILOT LOST CONTROL AFTER ENTERING IMC IN HILLY AREA. SPEED AND ABRUPT CONTROL USE EXCEEDED LOAD FACTOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW81FA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA128), Jul 30, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N2209Z), Mcalester, OK, destroyed, 3 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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