Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Fairview, Oklahoma 73717
Saturday, October 29, 1983 20:00 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO TAKE OFF AT ABOUT 1830. WITNESSES NEAR THE CRASH SITE REPORTED SEEING & HEARING A LOW FLYING ACFT AT ABOUT 2000 & STATED THE ENGS WERE RUNNING SMOOTHLY. THERE WAS FOG IN THE LOW AREAS WITH VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN 1/4 MI IN THOSE AREAS. THE WING TIP LIGHTS WERE OBSERVED TO DESCEND SLOWLY UNTIL OUT OF SIGHT. THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NEAR WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE & AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE CRASH SITE IS 71 MI FROM THE POINT OF DEPARTURE. THE PLT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS 0.171%.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/29/1983
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 2000
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City FAIRVIEW
Event State OKLAHOMA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 73717
Event Date Year 1983
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1955 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 225
Weather Observation Facility ID WDG
Elevation of weather observation facility 1167
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 28
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 8000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 4000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 4
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 17
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 14
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 40
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 2
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 2
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 2
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 3178
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 23812
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:16AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N5343A
NTSB Number FTW84FA035
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 310
Aircraft Series Identifier 310
Aircraft Serial Number 35534
Certified Max Gross Weight 4700
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Oct 8 1983 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 27
Airframe Hours 4031
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name ROBERT R. BROWN
Aircraft Owner Street Address 130 E. FLYNN
Aircraft Owner City ALVA
Aircraft Owner State OK
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 73717
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code 2EJ
Departure City OKLAHOMA CITY
Departure State OK
Departure Country
Departure Time 0
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code 3K1
Destination City ALVA
Destination State OK
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --