# NTSB MKC84FA202: Culver LFA, N41638, Plattsburg, MO, July 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 8, 1984, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Plattsburg, MO
- Coordinates: 39.559627, -94.460487 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5596&lon=-94.4605&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33537
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84FA202
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33537/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA202

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, descent - uncontrolled
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft handling - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41638-2012-11-20), registration cancelled 2012-11-20, S/N 397, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CULVER LFA
- Registry model: [Culver LFA](https://openairdocs.org/model/culver-lfa) (registry code 8730204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Franklin 4AC199D&E series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-4ac199d-e-series) (registry code 27009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Airframe hours: 947
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840708030379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840708030379A), Jul 8, 1984: Supac LFA, Plattsburg, MO, Substantial damage. Aircraft entered steep climb after takeoff, rolled left, struck ground.

## Other investigations on N41638 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX74FUG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUG07), Jul 14, 1973: Culver LCA (N41638), Corona, CA, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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