# NTSB MKC83FA066: Piper PA-28R-200, N8981C, Wichita, KS, February 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 11, 1983, 19:15 local (Feb 12, 1983, 01:15 UTC)
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33317
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83FA066
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33317/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA066

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - minimum descent altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS CLEARED TO MAKE THE APPROACH AND TO DESCEND NOT BELOW 2300 FT. THE PILOT DESCENDED FROM 3000 AFTER HE REPORTED PASSING HANCE, THE FINAL APPOACH FIX. HE DESCENDED TO 2300 FT AT 500 FT A MINUTE AND LEVELED THE ACFT AND LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT SAID THAT AT THE POINT 2 NM FROM THE ARPT WHERE THE DESCENT TO 1820 FT IS TO BE BEGUN HE LOWERED ONE NOTCH OF FLAPS AND HIT THE GROUND. THE CRASH SITE IS ONE AND ONE QUARTER MILES FROM THE ARPT ON THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8981C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8981C-1985-01-31), registration cancelled 1985-01-31, S/N 28R-7635187 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (registry code 7102811) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R7635187
- Airframe hours: 1276
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-C1C 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Adolph E. Reiss
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 18, 1982, 95 hours before
- Departed: ADH, ADA, OK
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 3KM, Colonel James Jabara, runway 18, 2,800 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,683 total, 330 in this make and model, 1,583 as pilot in command, 52 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 400 ft overcast
- Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: IAB, 8 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 19830211004949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830211004949A), Feb 11, 1983: Piper PA28R200, Wichita, KS, Destroyed. Flew into the ground on a VOR approach. No mechanical defect found. Was below mda at impact point.

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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