- Date
- November 6, 1982, 17:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- 3 Miles Ne Of E, OK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N83269Piper PA-28RT-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821106069589A
- Case key
- 69641
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Undershoot
Light condition - duskFactor
Distance - misjudgedCause
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Altitude - misjudgedCause
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The aircraft struck power lines near the south end of the airport, at dusk, while on a final approach to runway 36. After striking the wires, the plane impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83269
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201T (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R8131070
- Airframe hours
- 1,960
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alfred J. Hanks
- Registered owner
- Alfred J. Hanks
- Departed
- Downtown Airpar, OK
- Destination
- Edmond Airport, OK
- Airport
- Edmond Airport, runway 36, 2,200 × 30 ft, grass/turf
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 537 total · 537 in this make and model · 452 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 160° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.