- Date
- November 6, 1981
- Place
- Wichita, KS · WICHITA, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6243PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811106083889A
- Case key
- 123762
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2211 81/11/6 WICHITA,KS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 342 TIME - 1845 N6243P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 115 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JABARA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,KS WICHITA,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 50 250 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LOST ELEC PWR DRG FLT.NO FLASHLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6243P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jabara
N6243PRegistration cancelled Jun 21, 2017 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6243P · 1
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