Piper PA-28-180 N7386W

Summary

On 17 March 1984 at about 21:58 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N7386W was involved in an accident near Bristow, Oklahoma, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 March 1984 at 21:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Bristow, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Jones Memorial (3F7)

Coordinates

35.8298, -96.3902

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N7386W

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

Day

NTSB number

FTW84FA170

2 people died.

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

JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO MAKE A LOW PASS DOWN RWY 35 IN SLOW FLT. THE ACFT THEN ENTERED A STEEP CLIMB AT THE END OF THE RWY TO AN ALT OF 200 TO 300 FT AGL. IT THEN TURNED LEFT ONTO A CROSSWIND LEG OF THE PATTERN, THE LEFT WING DROPPED INTO A STEEP BANK & THE NOSE DROPPED. THE ACFT IMPACTED IN A WHEAT FIELD IN A WINGS LEVEL, SLIGHTLY NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE WITH A HIGH SINK RATE. AFTER PRINCIPAL IMPACT, THE ACFT SLID 66 FT. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS EVEDENT. AT TULSA, THE 1552 CST WIND WAS FROM 070 DEG AT 7 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.