Piper PA-22 UNREG

Summary

On 27 June 1983 at about 01:00 local time, a Piper PA-22 registered UNREG was involved in an accident near Langley, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 June 1983 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Langley, Oklahoma, United States

Coordinates

36.4594, -95.0493

Aircraft

Piper PA-22

Registration

UNREG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

FTW83LA304

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE NON-RATED PLT STATED THAT THE ENG LOST POWER AFTER HE TOOK OFF & HE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENG. DURING A FORCED LANDING, HE WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR OVER WIRES. HE SAID THE NOSEWHEEL HIT THE GROUND & THE ACFT TUMBLED AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GLIDE UNDER THE WIRES. THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 3 DAYS LATER. HIGHWAY PATROL INVESTIGATORS REPORTED MOST OF THE DAMAGE OCCURRED WHEN THE PLT & SOME FRIENDS WERE HIDING THE ACFT BEHIND TREES. THE PLT INDICATED HE PERFORMED ALL MAINTENANCE ON THE ACFT; HOWEVER, HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT AN ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS. A NUMBER (N2554P) WAS REPORTEDLY DISPLAYED ON THE ACFT, BUT IT HAD BEEN ISSUED TO ANOTHER ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.