- Date
- June 17, 1992, 08:14 local (13:14 UTC)
- Place
- Bethany, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7419JPiper PA-28R-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920617020839A
- Case key
- 18362
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control which resulted in an inadvertent stall. The gusty wind was a factor.
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
A private pilot was observed by witnesses making an straight in visual approach. After the airplane crossed the landing threshold in the landing configuration, right climbing turn was initiated as engine power was applied. Prior to reversing direction, still in the landing configuration, the nose was observed dropping towards the ground and the airplane impacted the ground in a nose down, right wing low attitude. The investigation failed to find any anomalies with the airframe and components. The autopsy failed to show any preexisting disease that could have contributed to the loss of control. Weather at the time of the accident was clear with headwinds of 19 knots gusting to 25 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7419J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-30762
- Airframe hours
- 2,098
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B1E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Johnson, Joe W., doing business as Style & Comfort Aircraft
- Registered owner
- Johnson, Joe W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 12, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- HSD · Oklahoma City, OK
- Destination
- PWA · Bethany, OK
- Airport
- PWA · Wiley Post, runway 17, 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 750 total · 100 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 19 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWA, 1 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.