# NTSB MKC83FA028: Piper PA-34, N8189H, Kansas City, MO, November 28, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 28, 1982, 14:47 local (20:47 UTC)
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Coordinates: 39.269638, -94.580108 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2696&lon=-94.5801&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 28, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71225
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83FA028
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71225/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA028

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - pressure induced by others, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, descent
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

DRG THE 1027 WX BRIEFING, THE PLT WAS ADVISED THAT KANSAS CITY WAS REPORTING VERY LIGHT RIME ICING FROM 4,000 TO 11,000 FT & A PIREP OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RIME ICE BETWEEN 6,000 & 8,000 FT 30 MI SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY. THE PLT ANNOUNCEDHIS INTENTIONS OF CANCELLING THE PROPOSED FLT & GOING THE NEXT DAY. AT 1101, HE CONTACTED FSS & STATED HE NEEDED TO GO, & INITIATED A RESERVATION & FLT PLAN. AT 1217, HE RECEIVED A WX UPDATE WHICH INDICATED HE COULD EXPECT ICING DESCENDING THROUGH THE CLOUDS. ENROUTE, WHILE ON TOP AT 11,000 FT, THE PLT DIVERTED TO KANSAS CITY. WHEN CLEARED TO DESCEND, THE PLT STATED HE WAS STILL IN THE CLOUDS & STILL GETTING ICE & WANTED TO STAY AT 11,000 FT UNTIL HE GOT OUT OF THE CLOUDS. AT 1439, HE WAS ADVISED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO START HIS DESENT PRETTY QUICK AS HE WAS 13 MI FROM THE OUTER MARKER. DURING DESCENT, THE ACFT DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR & WAS OBSERVED COMING OUT OF THE OVERCAST ALMOST STRAIGHT DOWN. THERE WAS NO ICE OBSERVED ON THE THE ACFT. THE ACFT WAS NOT DE-ICE EQUIPPED. THE LANDING GR WERE IN THE DOWN POSITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8189H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8189H-1985-09-16), registration cancelled 1985-09-16, S/N 34-8070187 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-8070187
- Airframe hours: 366
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-EB1 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Earnest, Inc.
- Registered owner: Earnest, Inc.
- Departed: OKM, OKMULGEE, OK
- Destination: K48, CHILLICOTHE, MO
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,568 total, 100 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 700 ft broken
- Temperature: 100 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MKC, 9 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 19821128060239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821128060239A), Nov 28, 1982: Piper PA34200T, Kansas City, KS, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Possible loss of control due to icing. Spiral dived into the ground from 7800 feet. Aircraft not deice equipped.

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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