- Date
- July 21, 1979
- Place
- Warrensburg, MO · WARRENSBURG, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4894HPiper PA-17
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790721017899A
- Case key
- 135191
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1612 79/7/21 NR.WARRENSBURG,MO PIPER PA-17 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 710 TIME - 1630 N4894H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WARRENSBURG,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY AIRFRAME BUFFET REMARKS- COLLIDED W ROAD SIGN.ELEVATOR SURFACE COULD BE DEFLECTED UP & DOWN 3IN DURING STATIC TEST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4894H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-17
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skyhaven
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.