# Accident 19810304008149A: Piper PA31, Kirksville, MO, March 4, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1981, 20:06 local time
- Place: Kirksville, MO
- Airport: Clarence Cannon M
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GHLA
- Location: 40.1982° N, 92.5746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kirksville, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1982&lon=-92.5746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9117Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,417 total, 399 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810304008149A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY DURING INSTRUMENT APPROACH. ALTIMETER MALFUNCTION NOTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC81FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA023), Mar 4, 1981: Piper PA-31 (N9117Y), Kirksville, MO, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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