19860831043139A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Elkhart, KS · August 31, 1986

Date
August 31, 1986 · 08:50 local
Place
Elkhart, KS
Airport
Morton Co
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4233J
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC86FA181
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
100 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft impacted terrain after takeoff. Suspect student pilot lost control in IFR weather conditions.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN AFTER TAKEOFF. SUSPECT STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL IN IFR WEATHER CONDITIONS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.