Piper PA-34-220T accident near Norman, OK
On July 6, 2005, a Piper PA-34-220T (airplane) was involved in an accident near Norman, OK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 6, 2005
- Place
- Norman, OK
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-34-220T · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.241°N, 97.468°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050712X00990
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 6, 2005, about 1626 central daylight time, a Piper PA-34-220T twin-engine airplane, N902J, was destroyed during a loss of control following an aborted landing at the University of Oklahoma, Westheimer Airport (OUN) near Norman, Oklahoma. The commercial pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was registered to a private corporation and operated by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The 303 nautical mile cross-country flight originated from the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) near Austin, Texas, with OUN as its intended destination. There were four eyewitnesses who were either in or near the OUN terminal building at the time of the accident. The OUN terminal building was located about mid-field and 1,093 feet south of Runway 03. The terminal building contained the control tower, line shack, and Ozzie's Diner. The control tower was located in the building's upper southwest corner and the line shack was located at ground level in the southwest corner of the building. Ozzie's Diner was located on the west side with windows facing and running parallel to Runway 03. Witness one, a private pilot, was in Ozzie's Diner drinking coffee and watching airplanes takeoff and land. He observed the accident airplane descending at an approximate 40-degree nose down angle with the right wing angled towards the ground as if correcting for a crosswind landing on Runway 03. The witn
Probable cause
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.
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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.
