# NTSB FTW88FA060: Piper PA-32RT-300T, N2186K, Oklahoma City, OK, February 10, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 10, 1988, 12:43 local (18:43 UTC)
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Coordinates: 35.49961, -97.639442 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4996&lon=-97.6394&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22537
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88FA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22537/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88FA060

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wing - ice (cause)
  - stabilizer - ice (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - not selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - anti-ice/deice system - not installed (contributing factor)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2186K-1990-08-09), registration cancelled 1990-08-09, S/N 32R7987087 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300T (PA-32RT-30)
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32RT-300T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (registry code 7103216) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32R7987087
- Airframe hours: 1646
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880210003439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880210003439A), Feb 10, 1988: Piper PA32RT300, Oklahoma City, OK, Substantial damage. Elected strong tailwind landing with airframe icing. Impact with runway folded gear. Damaged wings. Indicates stall

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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