# Accident 20030919025259A: Piper PA12, Wayne, OK, September 19, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2003, 16:16 local time
- Place: Wayne, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9094° N, 97.3094° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9094&lon=-97.3094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3336M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3336M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 70 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA230) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030919025259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1616 CDT, A PA-12 MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD JUST NORTH OF SH59 ONE MILE WEST OF I-35 NEAR WAYNE, OK. THE PILOT DEPARTED PACER FIELD ENROUTE TO PAULS VALLEY, AND CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 2500, AT THAT TIME THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND QUIT. THE PILOT THEN SELECTED AN OPEN FIELD AND MANEUVERED TO CLEAR POWER LINES, HE LANDED BUT COULD NOT STOP PRIOR TO IMPACTING A PIPE FENCE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SH59. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE FENCE IT FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST WITH THE TAIL BLOCKING THE WEST BOUND LANE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE PILOT RECEIVED HEAD INJURIES (BROKEN CHEEK BONE, SEVERAL LACERATIONS TO THE FACE AND NOSE). HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO OU MED CENTER IN OKC, WHERE HE SPENT SEVERAL DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE (VERTICAL STAB, RUDDER, PROP, COWLING, ENGINE, ENGINE MOUNT, UPPER WINGS, RT WING STRUTS, AND LANDING GEAR). POSSIBLE CAUSE-FUEL DEPLETION, BUT COULD NOT BE VERIFIED DUE TO GASCOLATER AND CARB DAMAGE (CARB SHEERED OFF), AND THE FUEL CAPS CAME OFF DUE TO IMPACT OR RECOVERY.

## 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 FTW03LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA230), Sep 19, 2003: Piper PA-12 (N3336M), Wayne, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's failure to refuel. Factors were the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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