19850212074021A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32RT-300 · Healdton, OK · February 12, 1985

Date
February 12, 1985 · 09:49 local
Place
Healdton, OK
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N39516
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW85FA117
Reported as
Piper PA32RT300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
718 total72 in this make and model82 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Horizontal stabilator impacted 1162N in flight. Control lost, impacted ground. Operating at wrong VFR altitude.

As the FAA filed it

HORIZONTAL STABILATOR IMPACTED 1162N IN FLIGHT. CONTROL LOST, IMPACTED GROUND. OPERATING AT WRONG VFR ALTITUDE.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N39516 · 1

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