# Incident 19951220045089I: Piper PA32R301, Knob Noster, MO, December 20, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1995, 10:41 local time
- Place: Knob Noster, MO
- Airport: Whiteman Airforce Base
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7303° N, 93.5479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITEMAN AFB (SZL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7303&lon=-93.5479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35718, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35718) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 620 total, 45 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951220045089I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PIC, OPERATING N35718, TRANSITIONED THE WHITEMAN AFB CLASS D AIRSPACE FROM EAST TO WEST AT 2,800 FT. MSL ENROUTE TO GRAIN VALLEY AIRPORT, E. KANSAS CITY. THE TOP OF CLASS D AIRSPACE EXTENDS TO 3,400 FT. ACCORDING TO ATC PERSONNEL, NO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WERE ESTABLISHED WITH N35718 AT ANY TIME WHILE IN CLASS D AIRSPACE. PIC CONTACTED SZL ATCT BY TELEPHONE ON 12-21-95 AND WAS MADE AWARE OF HIS CLASS D INCURSION. PIC ADMITTED FLYING THROUGH THE AREA, STATING THAT HE USED A WAC CHART THAT DID NOT DEPICT CLASS D AIRSPACE, AND BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ASTERISK BY THE PUBLISHED TOWER FREQUENCY INDICATING PART-TIME OPERATION, HE THOUGHT THE TOWER WAS CLOSED. N35718 IS REGISTERED TO VPC AIR, INC. 			 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION, NO. CE961GA0016, IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N35718 (1)

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

- [Accident 20210112000229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210112000229A), Jan 12, 2021: Piper PA-32R-301 (N35718), Sparta, MI, Substantial damage. On January 12, 2021 at approximately 17:00 EST, a Piper saratoga, N35718, [privacy data omitted] operated by a private pilot for a personal flight received…

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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