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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Foutz DAVIS DA-3 · Antlers, OK · April 4, 2024

Date
April 4, 2024 · 16:30 local
Place
Antlers, OK
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N88DT
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN24FA148
Reported as
Foutz Davis DA-3
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
137 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

This office was notified by the regional operations center on 04/04/2024 around 18:07 pm and confirmed that an aircraft had crashed around Antlers, Oklahoma with 3 fatalities. The accident happened around 1630 local time about 1 mile south of Antlers regional airport (80F) of unknown circumstances. The aircraft had departed 80F around approximately 1600-1630, shortly after an explosion was heard by the nearby local residents. At time of departure the aircraft was being flown by the pilot and had privacy data omitted as a passenger. All 3 occupants weighed approximately around 180-200 pounds. At the accident scene the aircraft was laying upside down with both wings to the right of the fuselage, the engine was approximately 9 feet northeast of the main wreckage along with the firewall and instrument panel approximately 6 to 9 feet east of the engine.

As the FAA filed it

THIS OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED BY THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER ON 04/04/2024 AROUND 18:07 PM AND CONFIRMED THAT AN AIRCRAFT HAD CRASHED AROUND ANTLERS, OKLAHOMA WITH 3 FATALITIES. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 1630 LOCAL TIME ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF ANTLERS REGIONAL AIRPORT (80F) OF UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED 80F AROUND APPROXIMATELY 1600-1630, SHORTLY AFTER AN EXPLOSION WAS HEARD BY THE NEARBY LOCAL RESIDENTS. AT TIME OF DEPARTURE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN BY THE PILOT AND HAD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS A PASSENGER. ALL 3 OCCUPANTS WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY AROUND 180-200 POUNDS. AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE THE AIRCRAFT WAS LAYING UPSIDE DOWN WITH BOTH WINGS TO THE RIGHT OF THE FUSELAGE, THE ENGINE WAS APPROXIMATELY 9 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE ALONG WITH THE FIREWALL AND INSTRUMENT PANEL APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 9 FEET EAST OF THE ENGINE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.