Piper PA-28R-180 N4643J

Summary

On 5 August 1983 at about 13:50 local time, a Piper PA-28R-180 registered N4643J was involved in an accident near Afton, Oklahoma, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 August 1983 at 13:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Afton, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Shangri-la (OK33)

Coordinates

36.6903, -94.9603

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-180

Registration

N4643J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wichita → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW83LA360

2 people were seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT LANDED 3 FT SHORT OF THE RWY ON AN INCLINED CONCRETE SLOPE. THE WEATHER WAS VMC. AT THE APPROACH TO THE RWY A CONCRETE EMBANKMENT SLOPES DOWNWARD ABOUT 10 FT TO A ROAD. THE ACFT HIT ON THIS EMBANKMENT BOUNCED AND SLID 75 FT DOWN THE RWY. DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ARPT MGR REVEALED THAT THE APPROACH IS VISUALLY DECEPTIVE DUE TO THE RISING CONCRETE WHICHIS THE SAME COLOR AS THE RWY. NEITHER THE PILOT OR OPERATOR FILED AN ACCIDENT REPORT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.