# NTSB MKC84LA088: Piper PA-18, N74WB, Point Lookout, MO, February 29, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 29, 1984, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Point Lookout, MO
- Location: 36.6259° N, 93.2289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at M GRAHAM CLARK DOWNTOWN (PLK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6259&lon=-93.2289&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33642
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA088
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33642/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA088

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT ANGLED IN ON THE FINAL APPROACH AT LOW ALT. AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR HIT A SNOWBANK. THE COLLISION PULLED THE ACFT INTO THE SNOW AND IT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N74WB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18-7409047
- Airframe hours: 6200
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 A2A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John S. Hoynacki
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 30, 1983, 30 hours before
- Airport: PLK, M. Graham Clark, runway 29, 3,600 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 1,917 total, 50 in this make and model, 1,533 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 39 °F

## 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 19840229005139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840229005139A), Feb 29, 1984: Piper PA18, Point Lookout, MO, Substantial damage. Aircraft hit snowbank with right gear during flare for landing causing it to flip inverted.

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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