# Accident 20000802007599A: Piper PA28R201, Beloit, KS, August 2, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2000, 09:32 local time
- Place: Beloit, KS
- Airport: Memorial Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4600° N, 98.0998° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4600&lon=-98.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2732Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2732Q-2013-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00FA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA234) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000802007599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 8/2/00 A PIPER PA-28R-201 OPERATED BY CRAIG GERARD MORITZ (CERTIFICATE #510480206) DEPARTED THE BELOIT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (K61) AT BELOIT, KS SOMETIME BETWEEN 0630-0640 LOCAL. THE DESTINATION AT THIS TIME WAS NOT KNOWN. A WITNESS STATED HE SAW THE AIRCRAFT FLY OVER BELOIT AND OVER THE AIRPORT LATER THAT MORNING AT ABOUT 0830 (LOCAL). HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A NORTHWEST HEADING OVER THE AIRPORT. AT APPROXIMATELY 0932 THE PLANE WENT DOWN IN A WHEAT STUBBLE FIELD APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH OF THE BELOIT AIRPORT (K61). THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. MR. MORITZ WAS SOLO AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. (.4) A WITNESS TRAVELING SOUTH ON KANSAS STATE HIGHWAY 14 FROM BELOIT, KANSAS, SAID HE SAW THE AIRPLANE "FLYING VERY LOW, NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY, LIKE THE PILOT WAS TRYING TO LAND. THE PLANE THEN ROSE RAPIDLY WHEN IT GOT CLOSE TO THE HIGHWAY, AS IF TO RISE ABOVE THE POWER LINES. THE PLANE MADE AN ABRUPT DIVE AND CRASHED INTO A FIELD AT A SHARP ANGLE." AIRPLANE RECORDS SHOWED THE PILOT'S LAST FLIGHT IN THE AIRPLANE WAS ON MAY 1, 1999. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATED THE PILOT'S LAST MEDICAL CERTIF                                                      ICATE WAS ISSUED ON AUGUST 31, 1994. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED NO ANOMALIES.

## 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 CHI00FA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA234), Aug 2, 2000: Piper PA-28R-201 (N2732Q), Beloit, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the inadvertent stall. Factors relating to the accident were the pilot's low altitude, his abrupt pull up, the power lines, and his lack of recent flying experience.

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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