# NTSB MKC73DCQ27: Piper PA-30, Meade, KS, March 29, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 29, 1973
- Place: Meade, KS · MEADE, KS
- Location: 37.2836° N, 100.3430° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Meade, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2836&lon=-100.3430&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 3, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 173348
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC73DCQ27
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCQ27

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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E-0005  73/3/29    MEADE,KANS          PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - 0930                    CF-PKC              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  UNK/NR, 1700 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADE MUNICIPAL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MEADE,KANS                  FRIONA,TEXAS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- DRG TKOF RUN ACFT ENTRD MUDDY AREA,PLT ATMTD L/O.R LDG GR STRUT IN EXTDD PSN HIT RUT,GR PIN BROKE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: CF-PKC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Meade Municipal

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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