# Accident 19850225006019A: Piper PA31P, St Louis, MO, February 25, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1985, 19:35 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Weiss Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5306° N, 90.4208° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5306&lon=-90.4208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N404RS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N404RS-2014-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIGO-541SER (registry code 41539, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tigo-541ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- Reported engine: LYC TIGO541E1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,420 total, 3 in this make and model, 162 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC85FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850225006019A

## Narrative

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

DESCENDED AND IMPACTED TREES DURING TURN WHILE PRACTICING NIGHT APPROACHES TO THE AIRPORT. BURST INTO FLAMES.

## 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 MKC85FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FA062), Feb 26, 1985: Piper PA-31P (N404RS), Sunset Hills, MO, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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