- Date
- October 17, 1982, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Baxter Springs, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4581ZPiper PA-22-108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821017053009A
- Case key
- 69897
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
A witness observed the acft's nose pitch up when the acft was on a right base turning final. The acft started turning left & hit the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4581Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-8090
- Airframe hours
- 20,005
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- R.L.Turner
- Registered owner
- R.L.Turner
- Departed
- Kansas City, MO
- Destination
- Baxter Springs, KS
- Airport
- H31 · Walter A.Swalley Airpark, runway 35, 2,860 × 47 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 140 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.