Piper PA28-151 N41930

Summary

On 31 July 2009 at about 01:30 local time, a Piper PA28-151 registered N41930 was involved in an accident near Purcell, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

31 July 2009 at 01:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Purcell, Oklahoma, United States

Coordinates

34.9928, -97.3422

Aircraft

Piper PA28-151

Registration

N41930

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Goldsby → Goldsby

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN09CA479

1 person was seriously injured.

The student pilot's failure to see and avoid the power lines.

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

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The student pilot stated that he had practiced a simulated loss of engine power to a field near the Canadian River. After finishing the practice approach, witnesses observed the airplane flying north to south about 30 feet above the river. They observed the airplane climb and fly over the East Washington Street Bridge, which spans the river between Purcell, Oklahoma and Lexington, Oklahoma. The airplane then descended back down into the river bottom, hit power lines that crossed over the river, and then came to rest in the river about one mile south of the bridge. Portions of the horizontal stabilizer and the wing had separated from the fuselage. The pilot was seriously injured. An examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.