# Accident 20090905015849A: Piper PA32R300, Tulsa, OK, September 5, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2009, 10:41 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1306° N, 96.0803° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1306&lon=-96.0803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1228H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1228H-2014-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5D
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 303 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09FA562](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA562) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090905015849A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KRVS ON AN IFR CLEARANCE TO DALLAS, TX.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GUY WIRES AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL FROM THE BASE OF THE ANTENNAE WHICH WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES NW OF TULSA RIVERSIDE AIRPORT, SNAPPING THE WIRE AND DRAGGING IT TO THE ACCIDENT SCENE.  THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE AND THE AIRCAFT WRECKAGE WAS SCATTERED ON APPROXIMATELY A 255-270 DEGREE HEADING AND CAME TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION FACING NORTH.  AIRCRAFT WAS PARTIALLY CONSUMED BY POST CRASH FIRE.  REVIEW OF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFTS LAST ANNUAL WAS AUGUST 2008.  ACCORDING TO AIRMAN RECORDS THE PILOT HELD A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE SEAL WITHOUT INSTRUMENT RATING.

## 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 CEN09FA562](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA562), Sep 5, 2009: Piper PA-32R-300 (N1228H), Tulsa, OK, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot’s decision to attempt flight in instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and an in-flight collision with a radio tower guy wire.

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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