# NTSB MKC85LA058: Piper PA-20, N8541C, Waldron, MO, February 17, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 17, 1985, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Waldron, MO
- Coordinates: 39.219558, -94.810714 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2196&lon=-94.8107&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33913
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA058
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33913/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA058

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER INVERTED AFTER THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WHEEL CONTACTED SNOW ALONGSIDE THE RWY DURING A TOUCH AND GO.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8541C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8541C-1996-06-25), registration cancelled 1996-06-25, S/N 20999 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20
- Registry model: [Piper PA-20-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20-135) (registry code 7102010) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20-999
- Airframe hours: 1650
- Engines: LYCOMING O-290-D2 135 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Calvin K. Doll
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 10, 1980, 295 hours before
- Airport: O6MO, Noahs Ark, runway 33, 2,950 × 30 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; seat: left; flight hours: 400 total, 200 in this make and model, 400 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 45 °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 19850217006979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850217006979A), Feb 17, 1985: Piper PA20135, Waldron, MO, Substantial damage. Ran into a snowbank on the landing roll and overturned. No record of ever having a medical or student certificate

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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