# Accident 20041003024009A: Piper PA28180, Marion, IA, October 3, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2004, 09:40 local time
- Place: Marion, IA
- Airport: Marion Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0311° N, 91.5294° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0311&lon=-91.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7841N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7841N-2007-01-23) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 83 total, 5 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041003024009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 AT THE MARION AIRPORT (C17), THE PILOT STARTED TO DRIFT LEFT (EAST) OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND AND MADE A SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND. ON THE SECOND APPROACH, THE PILOT AGAIN NOTICED THAT HE WAS DRIFTING EAST OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. AT THIS TIME, HE TRIED TO INITIATE ANOTHER GO AROUND. AT THE INSTANT HE APPLIED FULL POWER, HE RAISED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED. THE RIGHT WING CAME OVER THE TOP TO APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES, AND THEN ENTERED INTO A SPIN TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN CONTROL BUT STRUCK THE ROOF OF A ROW OF HANGARS. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AND IMPACTED ANOTHER HANGAR.

## 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 CHI05CA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA002), Oct 3, 2004: Piper PA-28-180 (N7841N), Marion, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusting wind conditions and his failure to maintain aircraft control. Factors to the accident were the encountered turbulence, the gusting wind conditions…

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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