20151230023279A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Republic, MO · December 30, 2015

Date
December 30, 2015 · 21:55 local
Place
Republic, MO
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4643R
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN16LA079
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
135 total65 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On December 30, 2015, at approximately 2155 local time, a Piper PA-28-140, N4643R, which had departed creve coeur, MO enroute to aurora, MO lost engine power and crashed near a football field at the Republic high school in Republic, MO.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 30, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 2155 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA-28-140, N4643R, WHICH HAD DEPARTED CREVE COEUR, MO ENROUTE TO AURORA, MO LOST ENGINE POWER AND CRASHED NEAR A FOOTBALL FIELD AT THE REPUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN REPUBLIC, MO.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.