Piper PA-32-300 N31407
7 April 2011 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 April 2011 at about 16:45 local time, a Piper PA-32-300 registered N31407 was involved in an accident near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 16:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
- Nearest airport
- Sundance (HSD)
- Coordinates
- 35.6019, -97.7061
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32-300
- Registration
- N31407
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Oklahoma City → Oklahoma City
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN11LA275
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The loss of aircraft control due to the failure of the stabilator control cable turnbuckle.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane nosed over shortly after takeoff and impacted the runway. The nose landing gear collapsed and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall. A postaccident examination revealed that a stabilator control cable had failed at a turnbuckle as a result of stress corrosion cracking, which compromised the pilot's ability to control the pitch attitude of the airplane. The airplane was within the maintenance inspection requirements at the time of the accident, with the most recent annual inspection being completed about 1 year prior to the accident. The airplane service manual included a special control cable fitting inspection for airplanes in service 15 years or more. Any evidence of corrosion or cracking was cause for replacement according to the service manual. The accident pilot had owned the airplane for about 26 years. During the time he owned the airplane, the control cables had not been replaced. The investigation could not determine when the stress corrosion cracking commenced on the turnbuckle.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2011 | Piper PA-32-301 | Cold Bay, Alaska, United States | Peninsula Airways Inc | No injuries | - |
| 4 Dec 2011 | Piper PA-32-260 | St. Ignace, Michigan, United States | Great Lakes Air Inc | Fatal | 2 |
| 4 Jan 2011 | Piper PA-32-300 | Platinum, Alaska, United States | Alaska Island Air Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 22 Jul 2011 | Piper PA-32-260 | Bolivar, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Dec 2011 | Piper PA-32-260 | Bryan, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 5 |
| 31 Dec 2011 | Piper PA-32-260 | Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States | Sam Pfeiffer, Jr. | Minor injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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