Plane Crash List

Piper PA-32RT-300 N39516

12 February 1985 · Healdton, Oklahoma, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 12 February 1985 at about 15:49 local time, a Piper PA-32RT-300 registered N39516, operated by Hurricleen Leasing Corp, was involved in an accident near Healdton, Oklahoma, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 15:49
Classification
Accident
Location
Healdton, Oklahoma, United States
Coordinates
34.2301, -97.4801
Aircraft
Piper PA-32RT-300
Registration
N39516
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Hurricleen Leasing Corp
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Norman → Decatur
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW85FA117

People

3 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 3 0 0 0

Probable cause

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 COLLIDED AT 4,500 FT MSL WITHIN APRX 15 DEGREES OF HEAD-ON. VMC WITH 30 MI VISIBILITY EXISTED WITH PLT REPORTED WINDS ALOFT AS BEING LIGHT FROM THE WEST. EN ROUTE RECORDED DATA INDICATED THAT N39516 WAS ON A TRUE COURSE OF 180 DEG AND N1162N WAS ON A TRUE COURSE OF 346 DEG. MAGNETIC VARIATION WAS APRX 7 DEG & 25 MIN EAST GIVING AN APRX MAGNETIC COURSE FOR N39516 OF 173 DEG AND 339 DEG FOR N1162N. ACCORDING TO FAR 91.109 N39516 SHOULD HAVE BEEN MAINTAINING AN ODD THOUSAND FT MSL ALT PLUS 500 FT. THE STABILATOR OF N39516 WAS SEPARATED FROM THE VERTICAL FIN CAUSING THE UNCONTROLLED DESCENT. THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILATOR OF N39516 VIOLATED THE CABIN OF N1162N FATALLY INJURING THE SOLO PLT. N39516 WAS CONSUMED BU POST-CRASH FIRE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Aircraft involved

Aircraft Registration Operator Damage
Piper PA-32RT-300 PA-32RT-30 N39516 Hurricleen Leasing Corp Destroyed
Mooney M20J M20J N1162N Eagle Enterprises Destroyed

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