# Accident 20201010015059A: Piper PA-32R-300, Kimberling City, MO, October 10, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2020, 11:30 local time
- Place: Kimberling City, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6263° N, 93.4239° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6263&lon=-93.4239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3445Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3445Q-2021-12-04) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201010015059A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 13 AT MO64 WITH TOW BAR STILL ATTACHED TO THE NOSE GEAR. PILOT RECEIVED RADIO COMMUNICATION ABOUT TOW BAR AND ENTERED LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 13, MO64. WHEN TURNING TO BASE AIRCRAFT GOT TOO LOW AND TOW BAR CAUGHT A TREE. AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY CRASHED INTO TREES AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON TOP OF SIX EMPTY BOAT TRAILERS.

## 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 CEN21LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA014), Oct 10, 2020: Piper PA32R (N3445Q), Kimberling City, MO, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in his inadvertent departure with the tow bar connected to the nose wheel, and the low approach while returning to the airport, which…

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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