# Accident 19830211004949A: Piper PA28R200, Wichita, KS, February 11, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1983, 19:15 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Colonel James Jab
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8981C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8981C-1985-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,683 total, 330 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC83FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830211004949A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO THE GROUND ON A VOR APPROACH. NO MECHANICAL DEFECT FOUND. WAS BELOW MDA AT IMPACT POINT.

## 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 MKC83FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA066), Feb 12, 1983: Piper PA-28R-200 (N8981C), Wichita, KS, destroyed

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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