- Date
- August 13, 1983, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sand Springs, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N111JPPierce GS-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830813041649A
- Case key
- 21017
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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
The acft collided with the lake after maneuvering around at low alt for some time. A lake patrolman reported the acft alt before the crash at about 20 ft AGL. According to the plts statement he was about 50 ft high when he initiated a 30 to 40 degree angle of bank and the acft stalled and crashed. The acft sank in 37 ft of water but was recovered the following day.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111JP
- Reported as
- Pierce GS-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael J. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- OF8 · Sand Springs, OK
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 2, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 533 total · 31 in this make and model · 476 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.