# Accident 20050718016539A: Piper PA30, Aurora, MO, July 18, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2005, 09:07 local time
- Place: Aurora, MO
- Airport: Aurora Memorial Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9531° N, 93.6950° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9531&lon=-93.6950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7868Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7868Y-2007-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,658 total, 68 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05FA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA189) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050718016539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 18 AT AURORA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (2H2) ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH DESTINATION TO KENTUCKY DAM STATE PARK AIRPORT (M34). FOLLOWING TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN IN A NOSE DOWN/LEFT WING DOWN ATTITUDE APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FROM THE END OF RWY 18. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE SURVIVING PASSENGER REPORTED THAT AFTER LIFTOFF, THE AIRPLANE'S STALL ALARM SOUNDED TWICE BEFORE THE RIGHT WING WENT HIGH AND THE NOSE WENT DOWN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (-23 AMENDMENT) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 18 AT JERRY SUMNERS SR. AURORA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (2H2) ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO THE KENTUCKY DAM STATE PARK AIRPORT (M34) WITH PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS. FOLLOWING TAKEOFF AND ON THE INITIAL CLIMB, THE AIRCRAFT PASSED OVER A TREE LINE LOCATED JUST BEYOND THE SOUTH AIRPORT BOUNDARY, AND THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE DOWN/LEFT WING DOWN ATTITUDE APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF MILE FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE SOLE SURVIVING PASSENGER STATED THAT AFTER L                                              IFTOFF AND AS THE AIRPLANE PASSED OVER THE TREES, THAT THE AIRPLANE'S STALL ALARM SOUNDED TWICE BEFORE THE RIGHT WING SUDDENLY ROSE AND THE NOSE WENT DOWN. AT IMPACT THE AIRPLANE WAS CONFIGURED WITH WING FLAPS RETRACTED AND LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 CHI05FA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA189), Jul 18, 2005: Piper PA-30 (N7868Y), Aurora, MO, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining adequate airspeed and aircraft control during initial climb, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin at a low altitude. A factor to the accident was the pilot operating…

## Other reports on N7868Y (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920602021109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920602021109I), Jun 2, 1992: Piper PA30 (N7868Y), Weedsport, NY. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.
- [Accident 19741110044219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741110044219A), Nov 10, 1974: Piper PA30 (N7868Y), Substantial damage

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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