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FTW87LA092

1987-04-03 · ALTUS, Oklahoma, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport LTS

N402BC has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CIRRUS DESIGN SR22T, built 2023), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

A 17 YEAR OLD NON RATED PILOT AND 3 OF HIS FRIENDS ATTEMPTED TO STEAL THE ARCFT. AFTER THE ENGINES WERE STARTED POWER WAS APPLIED AND CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOST IMMEDIATELY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A HANGAR AND CONTINUED ACROSS THE TAXIWAY WHERE THE AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS APPROXIMATELY 120 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BY THE HANGAR IMPACT AND THE LEFT PROP STRIKING THE GROUND. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_FTW87LA092.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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