- Date
- June 23, 1983, 17:08 local (21:08 UTC)
- Place
- 3m Se Of Benton, MO
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N99SPPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830623028369A
- Case key
- 33336
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the surviving passenger, a boy, the plt was flying the acft from the right seat. The acft was flown to the vicinity of the plt's property where he made a pass over a farm belonging to a relative. The low pass was made near the operator of a combine who was harvesting grain in a field. During the pass, the acft collided with a power line, crashed & burned. The boy was the only occupant to escape from the plane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99SP
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 241748
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1C5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Billy W. Ferrell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1983
- Departed
- CGI · Cape Girardeau, MO
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 717 total · 233 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 111° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CGI, 10 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.
Other investigations on N99SP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.