# NTSB MKC82DCG12: Piper PA-28, N8276H, Willow Spgs, MO, November 27, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 27, 1981
- Place: Willow Spgs, MO · WILLOW SPGS, MO
- Location: 36.9868° N, 91.9616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Willow Springs, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9868&lon=-91.9616&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1982
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123773
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DCG12
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DCG12

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2230  81/11/27 NR.WILLOW SPGS,MO     PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 36, 75 TOTAL
        TIME - 1530                    N8276H              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         WILLOW SPGS,MO               KANSAS CITY,MO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        REMARKS- R STABILATOR STRUCK FENCE POST AT APCH END OF 1200FT VACANT FLD DRG OFF ARPT OPN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8276H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8276H), registered now, S/N 28-8116055, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (registry code 7102803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## 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 19811127077129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811127077129A), Nov 27, 1981: Piper PA28161, Willow Springs, MO, Substantial damage. Stabilater struck a fence post on a go around from a low pass over a farm strip. Then flew 2 hrs back to home base.

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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