- Date
- August 17, 1986, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Murray, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8422MPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860817040539A
- Case key
- 22077
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot lost control of the aircraft prior to touchdown after the left wing dipped approximately four feet. The left gear touched down alongside the runway and the pilot made an attempt to go around but changed his mind when he saw a group of trees at the end of the runway. The pilot was unable to regain control of the aircraft before it touched down on the runway and skidded into a brush area where it caught fire and was destroyed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8422M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8116294
- Airframe hours
- 1,580
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward J. Calbridge
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1986
- Departed
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- Airport
- 1F1 · Lake Murray, runway 14, 2,500 × 50 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 23 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADM, 10 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.