- Date
- October 23, 1982, 19:00 local (Oct 24, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- 3 1/2 Nm Ene Di, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4555JAmerican AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821023056259A
- Case key
- 69640
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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.
Analysis
Witnesses stated that the aircraft bounced at touchdown, a go-around was attempted and the aircraft struck a powerline at the end of the runway. The aircraft impacted the ground approximately 1/4 mile southeast of the runway. The accident occurred at dusk.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4555J
- Reported as
- American AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1215
- Airframe hours
- 443
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360A-4-K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wm. Mark Mccorkle
- Registered owner
- Earl L. Mccorkle
- Departed
- RVS · OK
- Destination
- Private Strip D, OK
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 7, 1,900 × 200 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 123 total · 123 in this make and model · 90 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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.