Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee, N8174N: Aircraft force landed in a field and the nose gear collapsed -- near Poteau, Oklahoma

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IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 8174N        Make/Model: PA28      Description: PA-28 CHEROKEE
  Date: 12/21/2012     Time: 2330

  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Substantial

LOCATION
  City: POTEAU   State: OK   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED  IN A FIELD AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, NEAR POTEAU, 
  OK

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:   3     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:    
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:    
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:    


OTHER DATA
  Activity: Unknown      Phase: Landing      Operation: OTHER


  FAA FSDO: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK  (SW15)             Entry date: 12/26/2012 

 

Scotty White, 21, of Poteau, right, and his girlfriend, Sarah Hall, 20, of Heavener pose by the Piper Cherokee in which they were passengers late Friday afternoon when it crashed near the Robert S. Kerr Airport at Poteau.  White's father, Poteau City Councilman David White, was at the controls of the aircraft at the time of the mishap. No one was injured, witnesses said.

 

Downed plane near Airport Road in Poteau. There are no  injuries to report at this time.  David White and his son Scott White were flying the plane, initial reports indicate they are okay.  Scott says they lost fuel and were forced to land.