# Accident 20020718027619A: Piper PA28180, Lee'S Summit, MO, July 18, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2002, 07:40 local time
- Place: Lee'S Summit, MO
- Airport: Lee'S Summit Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9589° N, 94.3778° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9589&lon=-94.3778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5164L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5164L-2002-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02FA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02FA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020718027619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LEE'S SUMMIT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (LXT), LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI, EN ROUTE TO MIAMI, OKLAHOMA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AFTER IMPACTING TERRAIN AND A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 18 AT LXT. A POSTCRASH FIRE OF THE AIRPLANE AND HOME ENSUED. THE NONINSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THERE WERE NO GROUND INJURIES. AT 07:43 THE LXT AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM RECORDED 1 3/4 STATUTE MILE VISIBILITY IN MIST, AND AN OVERCAST CEILING AT 300 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL). THE REMARKS SECTION OF THE REPORT STATED THAT THE CEILING WAS VARIABLE FROM 100 TO 600 FEET AGL.

## 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 CHI02FA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02FA193), Jul 18, 2002: Piper PA-28-180 (N5164L), Lee's Summit, MO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The inadequate preflight planning/preparation, the flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and lack of instrument certification by the pilot. Contributing factors were fog/clouds and the…

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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