- Date
- July 10, 1988, 08:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place
- Electra, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2459KPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880710029649A
- Case key
- 22558
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private pilot's logbook indicated he had a checkout on steep turns and spins two months prior to the accident. He also logged four landings during the same one-half hour flight. A witness saw the airplane complete a three turn spin and saw it start to recover before he lost sight of it behind a hill. He did not see any dust or fire and assumed it had recovered until several days later when he heard an airplane was missing. The aircraft impacted level terrain in a nose low, right wing slightly down from an approximate 45 degree angle down flight path.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2459K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0642
- Airframe hours
- 3,285
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cook'S Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Cook, Floyd W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 22, 1988 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- F14 · Wichita Falls, TX
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 145 total · 28 in this make and model · 120 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPS, 23 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.