# NTSB MKC72DCQ51: Piper PA-32, N4108R, Elkhart, KS, April 21, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 21, 1972
- Place: Elkhart, KS · ELKHART, KS
- Location: 37.0038° N, 101.8944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elkhart, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0038&lon=-101.8944&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 6, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166257
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC72DCQ51
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC72DCQ51

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1546  72/4/21    ELKHART,KANS        PIPER PA-32         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 26, 123
        TIME - 1030                    N4108R              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ELKHART
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WOODWARD,OKLA               ELKHART,KANS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- AFT HARD LDG PLT THOUGHT TIRE FLAT.STEERED ACFT OFF PAVED RWY ONTO RWY SHOULDER.HIT HIDDEN HOLE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4108R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4108R-1995-12-13), registration cancelled 1995-12-13, S/N 3240427 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (registry code 7103212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Elkhart

## Other investigations on N4108R (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 LAX95FA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95FA262), Nov 18, 1994: Piper PA-32-300 (N4108R), Flagstaff, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's intentional flight into known adverse weather conditions, his misjudged evaluation of the weather, and his inexperience in actual instrument flying.

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.

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