- Date
- January 8, 1982, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Liberty, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7618PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820108002649A
- Case key
- 71426
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Analysis
The instructor pilot reported encountering wind shear at about 12 to 15 ft AGL during a short field landing on runway 19. She stated that there were several obstructions that could create a wind effect. The surface wind was from the northeast at five knots. The aircraft landed hard and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7618P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2829
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dr. D M Tripp
- Registered owner
- Dr. D M Tripp
- Departed
- Liberty, MO
- Destination
- Liberty, MO
- Airport
- Mithell, runway 19, 2,000 × 90 ft, asphalt
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,056 total · 471 in this make and model · 1,742 as pilot in command · 74 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 5 knots
- Temperature
- 88 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7618P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.