Piper PA-31T1 N879SW

Summary

On 16 March 1983 at about 22:50 local time, a Piper PA-31T1 registered N879SW was involved in an accident near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 March 1983 at 22:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Will Rogers (OKC)

Coordinates

35.5504, -97.5591

Aircraft

Piper PA-31T1

Registration

N879SW

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tulsa → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW83LA158

Nobody was injured.

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

WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED AT THE OUTER MARKER ON AN ILS APPROACH. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE EXTENDED FULL FLAPS AT ABOUT 400 FEET AGL JUST AS THEY BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUDS. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER LANDING THE PILOT RETRACTED THE FLAPS TO 0. THE FLAPS CAME UP AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT FELL AS THE GEAR UP CYCLE BEGAN. THE MAIN GEAR THEN CAME UP AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HANGER, ALL LANDING GEAR WERE FOUND TO BE UP AND LOCKED. NUMEROUS CYCLE TESTS OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM FAILED TO SHOW ANY MALFUNCTION WITHIN ANY COMPONENT OF THE SYSTEM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.