- Date
- July 8, 1984, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Plattsburg, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N41638Culver LFA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840708030379A
- Case key
- 33537
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Witnesses viewed the acft in a nose high attitude at a low alt near the south end of rwy 18. The acft climbed a short distance, rolled to the left and descended nearly vertically to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41638
- Reported as
- Culver LFA
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 947
- Engine
- Continental A-75-8, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward P. Dennis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 14, 1983 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- 5C2 · Blakesburg, IA
- Airport
- MO28 · Plattsburg Airpark, runway 18, 2,094 × 24 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,100 total · 49 in this make and model · 126 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCI, 21 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 N41638 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.