# Accident 20020423013249A: Piper PA60601P, Moscow, KS, April 23, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2002, 13:43 local time
- Place: Moscow, KS
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2872° N, 101.2383° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2872&lon=-101.2383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101LT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101LT-2005-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 7106012, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02FA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02FA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020423013249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04/23/02, MR. DARRELL GENE HATCHER, HOLDER OF ATP PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 1670012, WAS PILOT IN COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF N101LT, A PIPER AEROSTAR (PA-60-601P). AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 HRS. LOCAL (MST), MR. HATCHER DEPARTED THE LAMAR, CO. MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ENROUTE TO THE LIBERAL, KS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. AT APPROXIMATELY 1343 (CST) PRIOR TO THE FATAL EVENT, WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT SMOKING AND CIRCLING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN AN OPEN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOSCOW, KS. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. (.19) ON APRIL 23, 2002, AT 1343 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER AEROSTAR 601P, N101LT, PILOTED BY AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN WHILE ATTEMPTING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING AN IN-FLIGHT FIRE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST IN A HARVESTED CORNFIELD NEAR MOSCOW, KANSAS. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE LAMAR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LAMAR, COLORADO, ABOUT 1200 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIM                             E, AND WAS EN ROUTE TO THE LIBERAL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LIBERAL KANSAS.

## 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 CHI02FA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02FA112), Apr 23, 2002: Piper 601P (N101LT), Moscow, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional operation of the airplane with a known engine boost problem resulting in the improper use of brakes to maintain directional control during takeoff, the brake system fire, and…

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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