- Date
- November 17, 1982, 19:00 local (Nov 18, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sharon, KS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N500FLPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821117060889A
- Case key
- 72604
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft crashed 12 mi from the departure point in hilly terrain on a direct route to the destination in a 40 deg nose low & 75 deg right wing low attitude. There are no wx reporting facilities near the accident site. The 1851 wx observation at enid,ok (62 mi se) was 1600 ft broken & 5 mi in fog. The 1931 wx observation at wichita, KS (52 mi NE) was 900 ft broken & 6 mi in fog. The other pilot had a student certificate & was president of the flying club that operated the acft. Both occupants were found outside of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N500FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7125319
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Affluent Flyers
- Registered owner
- Affluent Flyers
- Departed
- C · Medicine Lodge, KS
- Destination
- C · Wichita, KS
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 44 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Temperature
- 41 °F
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 N500FL · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.