- Date
- August 23, 1984, 23:50 local (Aug 24, 1984, 04:50 UTC)
- Place
- Tahlequah, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3350ZPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840823076909A
- Case key
- 21446
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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
Law enforcement officers responding to the acft accident found the acft inverted beyond the south end of the runway. Plt stated he and his passengers had been drinking beer and decided to go flying. Plt's statements to officers are not clear on exact events of the landing other than overshooting the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3350Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-7290
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ralph E. Keith
- Registered owner
- Tamko Tank Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- H73 · Tahlequah Municipal, runway 17, 3,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 14 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 46 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.