- Date
- October 5, 1977
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK · OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N331VPilatus PC6CH2
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771005037819A
- Case key
- 144660
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3569 77/10/5 OKLAHOMA CITY,OK PILATUS PC6CH2 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0913 N331V PX- 4 0 0 DEMONSTRATION 48, 20450 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 330 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILEY POST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKLAHOMA CITY,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENG PWR LEVER FOUND AFT THE PROP REVERSE POSITION WITH FINGER LIFT RAISED ABOVE BETA DETENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N331V
- Reported as
- Pilatus PC6CH2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wiley Post
N331VRegistration cancelled Mar 6, 1978 · Fairchild Heli-Porter PILATUS PC6/C-H2Airframe modelFairchild Heli-Porter PILATUS PC6/C-H2
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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.