20031022027389A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32R-301 · Spencer, TN · October 22, 2003

Date: October 22, 2003 · 13:15 local
Place: Spencer, TN
Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N69190
NTSB investigation: NTSBATL04FA023
Reported as: Piper PA32R301
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540K1G5D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 519 total253 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

N69190Registration cancelled Aug 19, 2004 · Piper PA-32R-301S/N 32R-8513011 · Built 1985 Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-301 Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On October 22, 2003 pilot (philip ray patton) departed bna airport at 12:02. privacy data omitted (Pilot wife) said he was going to do some stalls. privacy data omitted A friend and pilot talked to Mr. Patton over his cell phone at 12:00 pm. Mr. Patton told privacy data omitted he was going to practice stalls. Mr. Patton was scheduled to be in nashville for a meeting at 3:30. Mr. Patton was not at the meeting. At 12:40AM the rescue workers were notified of a missing aircraft. Aircraft was found by two farm workers at 8:26AM on October 23, 2003. Upon arriving on scene at 2:00PM found a hole in the ground 2 foot deep and 8 foot wide. The aircraft was laying to the side of the hole with the nose of the aircraft pointing at the edge of the hole, there was an indentation to the right of the hole about as long as the aircraft wing. Latter part of the wing position light was found in the indentation to the right of the hole.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON OCTOBER 22, 2003 PILOT (PHILIP RAY PATTON) DEPARTED BNA AIRPORT AT 12:02. ^PRIVACY DATA^ (PILOT WIFE) SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO SOME STALLS. ^PRIVACY D^ A FRIEND AND PILOT TALKED TO MR. PATTON OVER HIS CELL PHONE AT 12:00 PM. MR. PATTON TOLD ^PRIVACY D^ HE WAS GOING TO PRACTICE STALLS. MR. PATTON WAS SCHEDULED TO BE IN NASHVILLE FOR A MEETING AT 3:30. MR. PATTON WAS NOT AT THE MEETING. AT 12:40AM THE RESCUE WORKERS WERE NOTIFIED OF A MISSING AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND BY TWO FARM WORKERS AT 8:26AM ON OCTOBER 23, 2003. UPON ARRIVING ON SCENE AT 2:00PM FOUND A HOLE IN THE GROUND 2 FOOT DEEP AND 8 FOOT WIDE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LAYING TO THE SIDE OF THE HOLE WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT POINTING AT THE EDGE OF THE HOLE, THERE WAS AN INDENTATION TO THE RIGHT OF THE HOLE ABOUT AS LONG AS THE AIRCRAFT WING. LATTER PART OF THE WING POSITION LIGHT WAS FOUND IN THE INDENTATION TO THE RIGHT OF THE HOLE.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB ATL04FA023Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportSpencer, TNThe pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering resulting in an inadvertent stall and the subsequent collision with the ground.Oct 22, 2003 · Destroyed