Aviation Crash Map

Piper PA-28RT-201T N4507V

7 June 1985 · Pineville, Louisiana, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 7 June 1985 at about 15:31 local time, a Piper PA-28RT-201T registered N4507V, operated by Ryan Bickham, was involved in an accident near Pineville, Louisiana, United States. 6 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 15:31
Classification
Accident
Location
Pineville, Louisiana, United States
Nearest airport
Pineville Munt (9LAG)
Coordinates
31.3290, -92.4093
Aircraft
Piper PA-28RT-201T
Registration
N4507V
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Ryan Bickham
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Shreveport → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW85FA247

People

2 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
6 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 AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG AND FAST ON THE RELATIVELY SHORT, SLOPING RUNWAY. AFTER BOUNCING FOUR TIMES, THE PILOT RAPIDLY ADDED THROTTLE ON THE TURBOCHARGER-EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT AND ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB. WITNESSES OBSERVED SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST, AND DESCRIBED HIGH PITCH ATTITUDE AND LOW AIRSPEED AS THE AIRCRAFT NARROWLY CLEARED A ROAD-SIDE PARKING AREA ON A HILL OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED STALL & POST-STALL GYRATION, AND COLLIDED WITH THE STRESSED CONCRETE ROOF OF A WOMEN'S DORMITORY AT CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL. FIRE ERUPTED; FOUR PATIENTS WERE INJURED. BOTH AIRCRAFT OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. TEARDOWN REVEALED NO MECH. MALFUNCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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