Piper PA-32-300 accident near Broken Arrow, OK
On March 31, 2003, a Piper PA-32-300 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Broken Arrow, OK. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 31, 2003
- Place
- Broken Arrow, OK
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32-300 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 36.054°N, 95.789°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030403X00425
Official records · FTW03FA120
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Air Traffic Control Transcripts and Radar Plots: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 31, 2003, at 1600 central standard time, a Piper PA-32-300 single-engine airplane, N70NZ, was destroyed when it impacted terrain following a loss of control near Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The airplane was registered to Tire Barn Inc. of Bixby, Oklahoma, and was operated by the pilot. The private pilot and his two passengers sustained fatal injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The round-robin cross-country flight originated from the Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport (RVS), Tulsa, Oklahoma at 1430. According to acquaintances of the pilot, the pilot took the passengers out to observe some hunting property. On the return leg of the flight, the pilot contacted Tulsa's terminal radar approach control (TUL TRACON) at 1547, and received a vector to enter a midfield left downwind to runway 19L. At 1549, the pilot advised controllers that his oil pressure was very low and there was some engine noise. The controller advised the pilot that the Harvey Young Airport (1H6) was 3.5 miles to his right and asked the pilot if he wanted to continue to RVS. The pilot indicated that he wanted to continue to RVS. At 1550, the pilot informed the controller that he had lost engine power and was "going down." The controller asked the pilot if he could make it to 1H6, which was three miles north of his position, to which the pilot indicated he would try. The pilot informed the controllers that there were three persons on board, the engine was on fire, and there were
Probable cause
Failure of the engine due to the blow-by condition in the number six cylinder for undetermined reasons, which resulted in oil starvation and eventual failure of the associated connecting rod end cap. Also causal was the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during the forced landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with terrain.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
