- Date
- April 13, 1978
- Place
- Tonkawa, OK · TONKAWA, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8634LPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780413016969A
- Case key
- 142024
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1793 78/4/13 TONKAWA,OK PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0708 N8634L PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 37, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TONKAWA,OK PONCA CITY,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8634L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8634LRegistration cancelled Sep 13, 2007 · Piper PA-25-260Airframe modelPiper PA-25-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.