# Accident 20021127031209A: Piper PA34220T, Mcalester, OK, November 27, 2002 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 27, 2002, 16:04 local time - Place: Mcalester, OK - Airport: Mcalester Regionall Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 34.9190° N, 95.7598° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9190&lon=-95.7598&mi=10 - Aircraft: N699WG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N699WG-2003-06-16) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T - People aboard: 5 - Fatal injuries: 5 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA051) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021127031209A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON NOVEMBER 27, 2002, AT 1604 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-34-220T TWIN-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N699WG, WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE EXECUTING A GO-AROUND NEAR MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO GRAYCO BANK PRODUCTS INC., OF CARROLLTON, TEXAS, AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL. THE INSTRUMENT-RATED PRIVATE PILOT AND FOUR PASSENGERS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91PERSONAL FLIGHT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE ADDISON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ADDISON, TEXAS, AT 1516, AND WAS DESTINED FOR THE MONETT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MONETT, MISSOURI. IN AN INTERVIEW CONDUCTED WITH THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE, A WITNESS REPORTED THE PILOT MADE TWO RADIO TRANSMISSIONS, INITIALLY REPORTING THAT HE WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT, AND A SUBSEQUENT TRANSMISSION THAT HE WAS 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT AND WOULD BE LANDING AT MCALESTER. THERE WERE NO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PILOT THAT INDICATED HE WAS EXPERIENCING ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRPLANE, AND NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PILOT WERE HEARD. A WITNESS STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE OVER RUNWAY 01 APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY DOWN THE 5,602-FOOT RUNWAY AT AN ALTITUDE OF 5 TO 10 FEET AND WAS "FAST ON HIS APPROACH." THE WITNESS ALSO STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS NOT CERTAIN THE LEFT ENGINE'S PROPELLER WAS "FEATHERED," HE WAS CERTAIN THAT THE PROPELLER WAS NOT TURNING. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE WITNESS REPORTED HEARING POWER BEING ADDED TO THE RIGHT ENGINE AS THE PILOT INITIATED A "GO-AROUND." HE THEN OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE IN A SHALLOW NOSE UP PITCH ATTITUDE, AND OBSERVED THE GEAR RETRACT NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE WITNESS SAID HE THEN SAW THE AIRPLANE IN A "VERY SLIGHT NOSE DOWN OR LEVEL PITCH ATTITUDE" AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL, AT WHICH TIME "THE AIRPLANE STARTED A LEFT TURN, AND A LITTLE BIT OF A CLIMB INTO THE DEAD ENGINE." THE WITNESS FURTHER STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE THEN PITCHED UP TO APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES, AND AT THE SAME TIME OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE IN A 30-DEGREE BANK TO THE LEFT. THE WITNESS REPORTED THE AIRPLANE DID A COMPLETE ROLL TO THE LEFT, DISAPPEARING BEHIND A TREE LINE BEFORE IMPACTING OPEN PASTURE IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN, RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE. ANOTHER WITNESS, WHO OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT, STATED THAT THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED. ACCORDING TO A GPS RECEIVER, THE INITIAL WRECKAGE DISTRIBUTION INDICATED THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST UPRIGHT AT NORTH 034 DEGREES 53.49 MINUTES LATITUDE AND WEST 095 DEGREES 47.09 MINUTES LONGITUDE, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 788 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, AND ON A MAGNETIC HEADING OF 345 DEGREES. THE LEFT PROPELLER WAS SEPARATED FROM THE CRANKSHAFT, AND ALL BLADES WERE FOUND IN THE FEATHERED POSITION. TWO BLADES FROM THE RIGHT PROPELLER WERE FOUND SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT AND LOCATED 15 FEET FORWARD AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE. THE CABIN AND COCKPIT AREAS WERE BOTH DESTROYED, AND THERE WAS NO POST-IMPACT FIRE. BOTH WINGS AND EMPENNAGE REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE FUSELAGE. THE RUDDER WAS DEFLECTED TO THE RIGHT, AND HE RUDDER TRIM WAS DEFLECTED TO THE LEFT. THE ELEVATOR AND AILERONS WERE FOUND IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION, THE FLAPS IN THE RETRACTED POSITION, AND BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THE NOSE GEAR WAS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPLANE, AND ITS POSITION PRIOR TO IMPACT, RETRACTED OR EXTENDED, COULD NOT DETERMINED. AT 1553, THE WEATHER REPORTING FACILITY AT THE MCALISTER REGIONAL AIRPORT (MLC) REPORTED WIND VARIABLE AT 3 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTEMILES, CLEAR, TEMPERATURE 6 DEGREES C, DEW POINT MINUS 6 DEGREES C, AND AN ALTIMETER OF 30.35 INCHES OF MERCURY. (-23) PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING SINGLE ENGINE GO-AROUND, AIRCRAFT STALL/SPIN. ## 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 FTW03FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA051), Nov 27, 2002: Piper PA-34-220T (N699WG), McAlester, OK, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the airplane's minimum controllable airspeed during a single-engine go-around which resulted in his loss of control. Contributing factors to the accident included the… 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. 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