- Date
- October 25, 1982, 05:25 local (10:25 UTC)
- Place
- St. Charles, MO
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8184YPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72693
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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 on the north boundary of the arpt within minutes after having been seen departing rwy 27. Dense ground fog prevailed at the crash site. Approximately 1-1/2 hours after the accident examination disclosd very heavy frost on all acft parked adjacent to the spot where the acft had been seen parked for two days. According to the person who drove the plt to the arpt there was frost on the acft when they arrived at the arpt. He further stated that he did not see the plt remove frost from any part of the acft except the windshield. The carburetor heat valve was found jammed in the full hot position. According to engineering data obtained from Piper the heat rise of the carb heat system is 129 deg f at 75% power & 28 deg f ambient air temp. The power loss due to carb heat is 1% for each 10 deg heat rise.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8184Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8016218
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard H. & Laurie M. Kreitne
- Registered owner
- Richard H. & Laurie M. Kreitne
- Departed
- 35Q · St. Charles, MO
- Destination
- Ft. Riley, KS
- Airport
- 35Q · St. Charles, runway 27, 3,500 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 618 total · 62 in this make and model · 455 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg