# NTSB MKC82DA123: Piper PA-28-140, N555KC, Conway Springs, KS, July 11, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 11, 1982, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Conway Springs, KS
- Coordinates: 37.379245, -97.639678 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3792&lon=-97.6397&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 11, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70331
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA123
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70331/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA123

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, takeoff
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 3 KTS, BUT 16 MILES AWAY AT WICHITA, KS, IT WAS FROM 310 DEGREES AT 9 KTS. HE SELECTED RUNWAY 17, A SOD, 2140 FT, PRIVATE STRIP. HE SAID THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME LIGHT ON THE LANDING GEAR, LIFTED OFF MOMENTARILY, THEN SETTLED BACK ON THE RUNWAY. HE REDUCED THE ENGINE POWER TO IDLE AND APPLIED FULL BRAKES TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE RUNWAY. AFTER DEPARTING THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A WOODEN FENCE AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT 3700 FT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N555KC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7525290
- Airframe hours: 2985
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Hawley E. Needham
- Registered owner: Lindt Flying Service
- Departed: KS36, CONWAY SPRINGS, KS
- Destination: 9K8, KINGMAN, KS
- Airport: KS36, Wamsley Pvt, runway 17, 2,140 × 60 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 109 total, 41 in this make and model, 76 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 185 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ICT, 16 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820711028719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820711028719A), Jul 11, 1982: Piper PA28140, Conway Springs, KS, Substantial damage. Began takeoff downwind on short private strip. Aborted too late. Ran off end into a fence.

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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