- Date
- March 11, 1976
- Place
- Alva, OK · ALVA, OK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N16MDPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760311033519A
- Case key
- 154239
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2962 76/3/11 NR.ALVA,OK PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 650 TIME - 1525 N16MD PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KS ALBUQUERQUE,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES BLOWING DUST 240 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 35 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT ENCOUNTERED KNOWN INTENSE WEA ENROUTE-STATED HAD MISHAP,CRASHED ATTMPTNG TO FIND NEAREST ARPT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16MD
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N16MDRegistration cancelled Dec 28, 1976 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.