35.5184° N, 97.7662° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Yukon, OK, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 12, 1983 · 15:00 local
Place
Yukon, OK
Airport
Ce Page
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3457A
Reported as
Piper PA22135
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
284 total250 in this make and model12 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.
Put key in mag switch. Turned prop on preflite check. Engine started. Aircraft ran through a hangar wall.
As the FAA filed it
PUT KEY IN MAG SWITCH. TURNED PROP ON PREFLITE CHECK. ENGINE STARTED. AIRCRAFT RAN THROUGH A HANGAR WALL.