- Date
- February 13, 1983, 13:42 local (19:42 UTC)
- Place
- Hennessey, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1139CPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830213003539A
- Case key
- 20804
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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.
In flight collision with object
Airport facilities,obstruction marking - unavailableFactor
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Lack of familiarity with geographic areaFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
While on a short final to land at a private ag strip, the acft struck power lines, then flipped over & impacted on the apch end of the rwy. Although the plt was unfaamilar with the arpt, she had been briefed on the existance of the wires before her departure. The wires were not marked.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1139C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-975
- Airframe hours
- 3,473
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stephen E. Gibson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 27, 1983
- Departed
- CHK · Chickasha, OK
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,350 total · 6 in this make and model · 3,170 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Observed at
- OKC, 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.