Piper PA-28-140 N7337J

Summary

On 6 November 2012 at about 18:20 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N7337J was involved in an accident near Anadarko, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 November 2012 at 18:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Anadarko, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Anadarko Municipal (F68)

Coordinates

35.0417, -98.2653

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N7337J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lubbock → Anadarko

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13FA051

1 person died.

The pilot’s use of excessive bank angle while maneuvering in the airport traffic pattern, which resulted in an accelerated stall.

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A witness reported that on the pilot’s first attempt to land, the airplane bounced and landed partially off the runway surface. The pilot aborted the landing and entered the traffic pattern to land again. When the airplane turned from the base leg of the traffic pattern to final, the airplane increased its bank angle to near 90 degrees. The airplane descended rapidly and impacted terrain. The prevailing wind, while relatively light, would have resulted in a tailwind during the base leg of the traffic pattern. If a pilot does not compensate for such wind conditions, that pilot could overshoot the turn from the base leg to final. A postimpact examination of the airplane did not find any anomalies which would have precluded the normal operation of the airplane. The circumstances of the accident are consistent with the pilot increasing the airplane’s bank angle to correct for overshooting the turn from base to final approach, resulting in an accelerated stall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.