- Date
- December 5, 1992, 17:52 local (23:52 UTC)
- Place
- Shell Knob, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4152WPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 15635
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudging of the landing flare.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane touched down hard approximately 1/2 way down the runway and off to the right side of the runway. The pilot reported that due to the lack of shoulder harnesses, he was thrown forward during the landing and became unconscious. The airplane continued off the right side of the runway colliding with trees and a ravine. The pilot reported he had landed at this airstrip before during daylight hours, but not at dusk.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4152W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-40223
- Airframe hours
- 3,707
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James A. Oeffinger
- Registered owner
- James A. Oeffinger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 19, 1992 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- IC5 · Plainfield, IL
- Airport
- 40M · Turkey Mountain Estates, runway 18, 3,740 × 80 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 273 total · 94 in this make and model · 176 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HRO, 32 nm away
Other investigations on N4152W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.