# Accident 20110327008459A: Piper PA-32R-300, Fredericktown, MO, March 27, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2011, 08:00 local time
- Place: Fredericktown, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5629° N, 90.3036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fredericktown, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5629&lon=-90.3036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4085F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4085F-2017-06-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110327008459A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE LEFT FLAGLER COUNTY AIRPORT PALM COAST, FL (XFL), ENROUTE TO CHIPPEWA VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT, EAU CLAIRE, WI (EAU).  PILOT HAD A FUEL RECEIPT ON HIM FROM OBA FUELING SERVICES, INC., ORMOND BEACH, FL (OMN) DATED 03/26/2011 @ 13:53 EDT FOR 67 GALLONS CHARGED TO NEPLUSULTRA CORP.  AT THE ACCIDENT SIGHT WAS AN INVOICE FROM SUNRISE AVIATION , INC., ORMOND BEACH, FL DATED 03/26/2011 @ 10:34 AM EDT FOR TIE DOWN FEE ON N4085F.  NO KNOWN FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  ON 03/27/2011, THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED AS MISSING AND WAS DISCOVERED 04/01/2011 BY CIVIL AIR PATROL.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES AND THE SIDE OF THE HILL AT 1326 FEET MSL.  THE DAMAGE TO THE TREES AND IMPACT SIGHT INDICATE AIRCRAFT WAS AT A CRUISE CONFIGURATION.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.  AT THE BELIEVED TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, APPROXIMATELY 2:00 AM CDT, THE WEATHER WAS ON THE 26TH @ 22:30 CDT - 800'/OVERCAST, AT 1:00 CDT (27TH) 1500'/BROKEN, 2:00 TO 3:30 CDT 1000'/BROKEN AND 3:30 CDT 3400'/CLOUDS.  AT IMPACT  THE PILOT AND TWO OTHER PASSENGERS WERE THROWN FROM THE AICRAFT.  THERE WAS A POST CRASH FUEL FIRE THAT DID EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE COCKPIT AND FUSELAGE AREA.  THE AIRCRAFT  MAINTENANCE DOCUMENTS AND PILOT LOGBOOKS WERE NOT RECOVERED FROM THE SIGHT AND PRESENTLY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (PILOT'S DAUGHTER) HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE EITHER PILOT OR AIRCRAFT DOCUMENTS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N4085F (1)

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

- [Incident 19810318023209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810318023209I), Mar 18, 1981: Piper PA32* (N4085F), Santa Barbara, CA, Minor damage. During ground taxi pilot allowed aircraft wing tip to hit prop spinner of a parked aircraft.

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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