- Date
- April 29, 1984, 12:09 local (17:09 UTC)
- Place
- Byron, OK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3564APiper PA-22
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840429014549A
- Case key
- 21152
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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 had impacted the ground at a 60 deg angle. The 1153 wx at ponca city, OK (60 mi east of the crash site) was ceilings obscured to vision & indefinite, with thunderstorms, rain & fog. The ceiling was estimated to be 200 ft obscured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3564A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1838
- Airframe hours
- 3,150
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mallie Wise Thomas
- Registered owner
- Preston W Batula
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1983 · 74 hours before
- Departed
- Freedom, OK
- Destination
- Newkirk, 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 25 knots, gusting 35
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS, 60 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.
Other investigations on N3564A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.