# NTSB MKC83FA098: Piper PA-34-200T, N1091X, Stover, MO, May 1, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 30, 1983, 20:32 local (May 1, 1983, 01:32 UTC)
- Place: Stover, MO
- Coordinates: 38.440692, -92.980026 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4407&lon=-92.9800&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33327
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83FA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33327/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA098

## 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 - thunderstorm (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total instrument time, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1091X-1983-09-14), registration cancelled 1983-09-14, S/N 34-7570206 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-7570206
- Airframe hours: 1800
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830430017189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830430017189A), Apr 30, 1983: Piper PA34200T, Stover, MO, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Evidence indicates pilot lost control of aircraft in area of thunderstorms. Pilot was aware of unfavorable weather.

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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