- Date
- April 30, 1983, 20:32 local (May 1, 1983, 01:32 UTC)
- Place
- Stover, MO
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1091XPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830430017189A
- Case key
- 33327
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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 into a wooded area in a high speed descent on a dark and stormy night. The pilot had telephoned the st. louis fss on 04/30/83 and requested Kansas city weather. The weather briefer advised the pilot that the area was in a tornado watch. The pilot acknowleged and was given the briefing he requested. The pilot did not file a flt plan or make any radio calls. The flt was monitored on radar and seen to disappear at 2033 CDT. When he was reported missing hisposition was plotted from this last known position and this is where he was found on 05/03/83 by cap. The weather map indicates he was in a thunderstorm area at the time of the crash. The pilot who was not instrument rated and his 3 passengers were fatally injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1091X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7570206
- Airframe hours
- 1,800
- Engine
- Continental TS10-360E, 215 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Agents Continental Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 8, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- AIZ · Kaiser, MO
- Destination
- OJC · Olathe, 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,609 total · 530 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 30° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SZL, 32 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.