19831204059709A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-108 · Pawnee, OK · December 4, 1983

Date
December 4, 1983 · 10:55 local
Place
Pawnee, OK
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4579Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW84FA084
Reported as
Piper PA22108
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Struck a guy wire of a microwave tower while following a highway under a low ceiling.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK A GUY WIRE OF A MICROWAVE TOWER WHILE FOLLOWING A HIGHWAY UNDER A LOW CEILING.

NTSB investigation

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