- Date
- August 31, 1983, 00:17 local (05:17 UTC)
- Place
- Copan, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1292TPiper PA 28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830831045199A
- Case key
- 20757
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with an electric transmission line and burned during an emergency landing. The flt had been in progress only an hour when the plt lost his engine oil pressure and his engine failed. ATC gave him a heading to the nearest arpt but he could not make it and crashed about 7 miles short. Examination of the engine failed to reveal the reason for the massive oil leak since gaskets, flexible lines and aluminum lines were consumed in the ground fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1292T
- Reported as
- Piper PA 28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-723557
- Airframe hours
- 2,172
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Priority Aviation Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 17, 1983 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Destination
- OKC · Oklahoma City, OK
- Flight plan
- IFR
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 250 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 110° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 50 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.