# Accident 20161016016739A: Piper PA-24-250, Wagoner, OK, October 16, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2016, 13:00 local time
- Place: Wagoner, OK
- Airport: Hefner-Easley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9644° N, 95.3419° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9644&lon=-95.3419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8277P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8277P-2019-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 730 total, 720 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161016016739A

## Narrative

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

THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT/OWNER WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 AT THE HEFNER-EASLEY AIRPORT. TWO WITNESSES REPORTED THAT UPON HEARING THE RADIO CALL ON FINAL, OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT ON WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS ?COMING DOWN FINAL IN STEPS AND NOT A STABILIZED APPROACH?.  THEY ALSO STATED THAT IT APPEARED TO BE VERY ?ROUGH AND GUSTY? THEN HEARD THE TIRES AT THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN AND THEN A SECOND TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OUT OF THEIR VIEW DUE TO THE RUNWAY RISE, BUT HEARD THE SOUNDS OF ?HOLLOW METALLIC IMPACTS?. THE WITNESSES RAN OVER TO THE AIRCRAFT THAT HAD COME TO REST FACING EASTERLY IN A TREE LINE OF CEDARS AND CALLED 911. UPON REACHING THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER HAD EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND WERE UNINJURED.

THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THEY HAD DEPARTED? KBBG BRANSON FLIGHT -FOLLOWING VFR,  GPS-DIRECT TO H68, WAGONER, OKLAHOMA. CROSSWIND IN ROUTE WAS APPROXIMATELY 24 KNOTS ALTITUDE 6,500. WE WERE HANDED OFF TO TULSA APPROACH AND THEN RELEASED VFR 1200.  WE WERE ON FINAL, FULL FLAPS, 80 KNOTS ON TOUCH DOWN 18 CENTER LINE WHEN WE EXPERIENCED WIND SHEAR OR MICRO-BURST PUSHING THE AIRCRAFT AWAY FROM THE CENTER LINE NON-CORRECTABLE OFF THE RUNWAY PARALLEL WHERE WE ENCOUNTER TALL UNCUT GRASS WITH THE LEFT WING HITTING SMALL CEDAR TREE THAT MANAGED TO GET INTO THE OUTER 1/3 OF THE WING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ROTATE 90 DEGREES INTO THE BRUSH COMING TO A STOP?.

NO INJURIES, NO POST IMPACT FIRE ENSUED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING / SPAR AND LOWER NOSE, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HAD COLLAPSED AND MINOR BUCKLING OF THE EMPENNAGE WAS NOTED. FUEL TANKS WERE FOUND TO BE NEAR FULL.

## 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 GAA17CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA037), Oct 16, 2016: Piper PA24 (N8277P), Wagoner, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting wind conditions.

## Other reports on N8277P (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20100902045269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100902045269I), Sep 2, 2010: Piper PA-24-250 (N8277P), Muskogee, OK, Minor damage. Pilot indicated that he failed to lower gear prior to landing.
- [Incident 20030202006439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030202006439I), Feb 2, 2003: Piper PA24250 (N8277P), Muskogee, OK, Minor damage. (-23) 02/02/2003 About 1700. The pilot stated that upon landing at Muskogee airport on runway 13, the nose gear steering was not effective. The aircraft was…
- [Incident 19971124046349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971124046349I), Nov 24, 1997: Piper PA24250 (N8277P), San Marcos, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On November 12, 1997, at approximately 1600 hrs., a Piper, pa 24-250, registration N8277P, owned and operated by Mr. Charles e. soechting sustained minor…

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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