- Date
- February 19, 1971
- Place
- Tulsa, OK · TULSA, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5541UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133260
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0707 71/2/19 TULSA,OKLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 128 TIME - 1245 N5541U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARVEY YOUNG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULSA,OKLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 54 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 22 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5541U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harvey Young
N5541URegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.