- Date
- August 13, 1983, 01:30 local (06:30 UTC)
- Place
- Farley, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N32240Piper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830813040849A
- Case key
- 33347
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a VFR pleasure flight, at night the aircraft crashed in an open field. The landing gear was down and locked. The propeller was windmilling at touchdown but there was no indication that the engine was developing power. Examination of the engine revealed a malfunction of the fuel diaphram assembly (p/n 2529471) of the regulator allowing fuel to flow into the impact tubes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32240
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7535037
- Airframe hours
- 2,025
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald And Patricia Aven
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 14, 1983 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 06MO · Waldron, MO
- Airport
- 06MO · Noah'S Ark, runway 17, 2,950 × 30 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 284 total · 46 in this make and model · 199 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCI, 5 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.