- Date
- February 19, 1987, 17:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Oxford, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3571XPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870219004959A
- Case key
- 31751
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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 acft struck an embankment about 5 feet below the crest & just short of the rwy while attempting to land at dusk & in reduced lighting conditions. The acft exploded & bounced out of the impact crater & came to rest about on the extended rwy centerline. An exam of the acft revealed no evidence to suggest any preimpact malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3571X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 348070885
- Engine
- Continental TSIO360EBIA, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Oscar Knox Gary
- Registered owner
- Oscar Knox Gary
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 31, 1986 · 300 hours before
- Departed
- UOX · Oxford, MS
- Destination
- Unknown
- Airport
- UOX · University Oxford, runway 9, 4,700 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 8,810 total · 350 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 54 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUP, 40 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.