- Date
- August 14, 1973
- Place
- Tulsa, OK · TULSA, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8039DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730814023099A
- Case key
- 189701
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1764 73/8/14 TULSA,OKLA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 331 TIME - 1745 N8039D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 328 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - 81ST STREET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULSA,OKLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- NO ENG MALF FND,ACFT PLACRD AGNST RPD ADVNCE OF THRTLE.ACFT WENT THRU FENCE HIT DITCH FLPD ON BACK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8039D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- 81st Street
N8039DRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.