- Date
- August 29, 1986, 22:20 local (Aug 30, 1986, 03:20 UTC)
- Place
- Afton, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N214PRPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860829043259A
- Case key
- 22081
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 pilot stated he was making a precautionary landing at night due to engine roughness and impacted electrical transmission wires. Investigation failed to disclose any reason for the reported engine roughness.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N214PR
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7435076
- Airframe hours
- 1,617
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul P. Dolph
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 21, 1986
- Departed
- HO4 · Vinita, OK
- Destination
- 1H7 · Grove, OK
- Airport
- OK33 · Shangri-La, runway 17, 4,000 × 60 ft, concrete
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,178 total · 75 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.