Saturday, July 11, 2026

Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche, N8154Y, accident occurred on July 9, 2026, at Tulsa Riverside Airport (RVS/KRVS), Tulsa, Oklahoma

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this writing will be corrected when/if the NTSB preliminary report is released.

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N8154Y

- History of Flight:
On July 9, 2026, at about 1728 local time, a Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche, N8154Y, registered to Rawson Aviation LLC, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident at Tulsa Riverside Airport (RVS/KRVS), Tulsa, Oklahoma. The flight instructor and student pilot suffered serious injuries. The local training flight originated at 1700.

The FAA reported that: "Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances on landing and flipped over."

Videographic evidence shows that the airplane was coming in for a landing on runway 19L when it bounced and entered a high nose up attitude. The airplane appeared to be stable until the right wing dropped, the outer right wing impacted the ground followed by the nose and the rest of the airplane. The airplane came to rest inverted next to the initial impact point and there was no post crash fire.

The 1653 METAR indicated winds from 200° at 14 knots, gusting 24 knots.

Figure: Sequence after bounced landing

Figure: Aircraft at rest
Figure: ADS-B exchange data of landing

- Weather:

METAR KRVS 092153Z 20014G24KT 10SM CLR 36/23 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP103 T03610228

METAR KRVS 092253Z 20009KT 10SM CLR 35/23 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP103 T03500228

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