ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305903
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| Date: | Monday 16 January 2023 |
| Time: | 12:42 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-301T Turbo Saratoga |
| Owner/operator: | Engineers Flying Club |
| Registration: | N8266D |
| MSN: | 32-8024049 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Kingfisher, OK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Oklahoma City-Wiley Post Airport, OK (PWA/KPWA) |
| Oklahoma City-Wiley Post Airport, OK (PWA/KPWA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On January 16, 2023, about 1242 central standard time, a Piper PA-32-301T, N8266D, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Kingfisher, Oklahoma. The pilot and certificated flight instructor were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 instructional flight.
According to witnesses, the airplane was seen trailing black smoke before it rolled over and dove into the ground. A witness provided cell phone video confirmed the presence of the black smoke and an explosion after impact.
The accident flight was the first flight after the airplane had undergone maintenance including the installation of a new autopilot system and an annual inspection. The flying club that owned the airplane reported that club members were required to fly with one of the club instructors to become acquainted with the operation of the new autopilot system. The accident flight was such a flight.
The airplane impacted a firm level field with little vegetation. The initial impact location was a crater that contained the airplane’s propeller. The rotation axis of the propeller was near vertical, indicating that the airplane impacted the ground in a near vertical attitude. All components of the airplane were in the immediate vicinity of the accident site.
The main portion of the fuselage, wings, and tail surfaces came to rest about 100 ft. north of the initial impact point. The wings were damaged from impact but continuous from tip to tip except for the center spar section which was melted and consumed by fire. The ailerons and flaps remained attached to the wing. The wing leading edge was crushed aft and all four fuel tanks were ruptured. The fuselage forward of the tail surfaces was almost completely consumed by fire. The aft fuselage from the leading edge of the vertical stabilizer and aft was intact with the tail surfaces still attached. The vertical tail surfaces were intact and the horizontal tail surfaces were intact but with impact damage to the right tip. Control continuity was confirmed from all surfaces to the cockpit with all breaks in the control system consistent with impact damage.
Sources:
https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-kingfisher-county-deadly-plane-crash/42525495
https://kfor.com/news/local/plane-crashes-in-kingfisher-county/
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8266D
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ab4a53&lat=35.760&lon=-97.865&zoom=10.0&showTrace=2023-01-16&leg=1
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N8266D
https://photos-e1.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/cf1e109cff5be35a631166b61f473fc027202db7 (photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 August 2020 | N8266D | Engineers Flying Club | 0 | North of El Reno Regional Airport (RQO/KRQO), El Reno, OK | |
non |
| Fuel exhaustion | ||||||
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