- Date
- February 10, 1988, 12:43 local (18:43 UTC)
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2186KPiper PA-32RT-300T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880210003439A
- Case key
- 22537
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane was equipped for IFR but not equipped to fly into icing cond. At 4000 feet MSL, the OAT was above freezing. At 3000 feet MSL the airplane was in clouds with OAT of 32 degrees f. the plt elected to attempt downwind ILS approach and landing. Plt was visual at 450 feet AGL and encountered strong down drafts with large airspeed fluctuations. Plt stated he felt he had the runway made and did not consider a go-around. When close to runway airplane ballooned and approached a stall. After plt pushed nose down, the nose wheel hit the ground and collapsed. Despite the hard impact, some airframe ice, at least 1/2 inch thick from back to front and one inch across, was found on the leading edges of the wings and empennage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2186K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32RT-300T (PA-32RT-30)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R7987087
- Airframe hours
- 1,646
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-SL, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John M. Akers
- Registered owner
- Donald C Whittman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 5, 1988
- Departed
- MEM · Memphis, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PWA · Wiley Post, runway 17L, 7,198 × 150 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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,720 total · 200 in this make and model · 3,569 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 18 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.