- Date
- April 13, 1981
- Place
- Hopkins, MO · HOPKINS, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N40010Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810413019299A
- Case key
- 125770
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1687 81/4/13 NR.HOPKINS,MO PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1810 N40010 PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG 37, 2300 TOTAL HOURS, 750 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARION,IL RED OAK,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HAIL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HAIL WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO HAIL, RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ENCTRD HVY RAIN,SVR TURBC,STRONG UP/DWNDFTS NR AREA CVRD BY CNVTV SIGMET.BATTERY CAME LOOSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40010
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N40010Registered now · Piper PA-28R-201Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-201Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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