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Piper PA-22-108 N4579Z

4 December 1983 · Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 4 December 1983 at about 16:55 local time, a Piper PA-22-108 registered N4579Z was involved in an accident near Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 16:55
Classification
Accident
Location
Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States
Coordinates
36.8795, -97.0505
Aircraft
Piper PA-22-108
Registration
N4579Z
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Pawnee → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW84FA084

People

2 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 2 0 0 0

Probable cause

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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH A GUY WIRE ON A MICRO-WAVE TOWER DURING FLT IN IMC WEATHER. THE PLT HAD NOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO TAKEOFF AND AFTER ENCOUNTERING LOW CEILINGS THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO FLY ALONG A HIGHWAY AT LOW ALT. THE RIGHT WING OF THE ACFT STRUCK A GUY WIRE ABOUT 50 FT AGL. THE ACFT THEN CRASHED AND BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE FATALLY INJURED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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