# Accident 19840331012499A: Piper PA28R200, Garden City, KS, March 31, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1984, 00:30 local time
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9698° N, 100.8608° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9698&lon=-100.8608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40846, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40846-2012-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 238 total, 5 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC84FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840331012499A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO FLAT LEVEL GROUND AT NIGHT IN NEAR ZERO FLIGHT CONDITIONS. BRIEFING ADVISED ADVERSE WEATHER AND ICING.

## 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 MKC84FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA115), Mar 31, 1984: Piper PA-28R-200 (N40846), Garden City, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N40846 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19811016075489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811016075489I), Oct 16, 1981: Piper PA28* (N40846), Mount Vernon, OH, Minor damage. Pilot making touch and go landings landed gear up. Found automatic extender locked in gear up position.

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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