Piper PA-34-220T N902J

Summary

On 6 July 2005 at about 21:26 local time, a Piper PA-34-220T registered N902J was involved in an accident near Norman, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 July 2005 at 21:26

Classification

Accident

Location

Norman, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

University of Oklahoma Westhei (OUN)

Coordinates

35.2406, -97.4678

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-220T

Registration

N902J

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Austin → Norman

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW05FA178

1 person died.

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin. A contributing factor was the pilot's attempted aborted landing following a hard landing and propeller strike.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airport's tower controller had cleared the 1,118-hour commercial pilot to land on Runway 03 and reported the winds were variable from 090-130 degrees at 8 knots. The pilot responded, "cleared to land if I can get down there." The pilot then experienced a hard bounced landing which resulted in a right propeller strike while approximately 2,248 feet along the 4,747-foot long by 100-foot wide runway. During the pilot's attempted aborted landing, he lost control and impacted the roof of the airport's terminal building. An examination of the wreckage revealed that the landing gear was in the full-extended position and the flaps were in the 25-degree extended position. Continuity was established to all flight controls. No discrepancies were found with the engines or propellers and no pre-impact anomalies were noted with the airframe.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.