Piper PA44 N4148T

Summary

On 19 April 2017 at about 20:00 local time, a Piper PA44 registered N4148T, operated by Spartan Education LLC, was involved in an accident near Tulsa, 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.

Date

19 April 2017 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Richard Lloyd Jones Jr (RVS)

Coordinates

36.0411, -95.9850

Aircraft

Piper PA44

Registration

N4148T

Category

Airplane

Year built

1999

Engines

2

Operator

Spartan Education LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tulsa → Tulsa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA17CA349

Nobody was injured.

The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting wind conditions.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor of the multiengine airplane reported that, during a simulated single-engine landing, while the pilot receiving instruction was flying, the airplane veered to the left. He added that he took control of the airplane "immediately" and added right rudder to correct, but the airplane exited the runway, and the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the nose landing gear structure. The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. A review of recorded data from the automated weather observation station at the accident airport reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 180° at 14 knots, gusting to 21 knots. The airplane landed on runway 19R.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.