- Date
- July 30, 1981
- Place
- Mcalester, OK · MCALESTER, OK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2209ZPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810730046299A
- Case key
- 124042
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2655 81/7/30 NR.MCALESTER,OK PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 116 TIME - 0815 N2209Z PX- 2 0 0 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCALESTER,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- BOTH WINGS FAILED UPWARD,L WING SEPD IN FLT.STABILATOR TWISTED DWNWRD & AFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2209Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2209ZRegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2012 · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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