# Accident 20000803012309A: Piper J5A, Belton, MO, August 3, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2000, 15:10 local time
- Place: Belton, MO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8187° N, 94.5296° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belton, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8187&lon=-94.5296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N600F-2001-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J5A (registry code 7100702, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J5A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00FA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000803012309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TAKE OFF ROLL, AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE MOMENTARILY, AND CRASHED, STRIKING LEFT WING TIP AND ENGINE. THE FIRE THAT ENSUED DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT AND CAUSED THE FATAL INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## 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 CHI00FA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA237), Aug 3, 2000: Piper J-5A (N600F), Belton, MO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot not maintaining directional control during the takeoff roll resulting in the inadvertent ground loop.

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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