- Date
- May 23, 1984, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Warrensburg, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46844Pietenpol-Grega GN1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840523019139A
- Case key
- 33687
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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 - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Nose over
Analysis
During a landing, the acft ran off the side of the rwy, hit a small ditch & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46844
- Reported as
- Pietenpol-Grega GN1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 118
- Airframe hours
- 65
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard M. Button
- Registered owner
- Paul J. Niquette
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1984
- Airport
- 9K4 · Skyhaven, runway 31, 1,200 × 50 ft, grass/turf
N46844Registration cancelled Apr 2, 2013 · Niquette PIETENPOL-GREGAAirframe modelNiquette PIETENPOL-GREGAEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 192 total · 1 in this make and model · 183 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
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 N46844 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.