# NTSB MKC85LA101: Piper PA-46, N4362F, Osage Beach, MO, May 14, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 14, 1985, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Osage Beach, MO
- Coordinates: 38.130687, -92.649635 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1307&lon=-92.6496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33941
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA101
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33941/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA101

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

THE PLT LANDED THE ACFT MID-FIELD ON THE 3205 FT RWY, THE ACFT LANDING SPEED WAS HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND A DECISION WAS MADE TO CONTINUE THE LANDING INSTEAD OF GOING AROUND FOR ANOTHER ATTEMPT. THE PLT APPLIED BRAKES & THE ACFT SKIDDED OFF THE RWY. THE PLT STATED HE SHOULD HAVE MADE A GO-AROUND INSTEAD OF THE DECISION TO CONTINUE THE LANDING. WINDS WERE REPORTED AS LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT THE ARPT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4362F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4362F-1996-07-22), registration cancelled 1996-07-22, S/N 468408055 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-46
- Registry model: [Piper PA-46-310P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (registry code 7104605) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 46-8408055
- Airframe hours: 181
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-540 301 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Kitty Hawk Airways
- Registered owner: William B. Spencer
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 18, 1985, 98 hours before
- Departed: ADS, ADDISON, TX
- Destination: K15, OSAGE BEACH, MO
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: K15, Lynn Creek/Grand Glaize, runway 32, 3,205 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,825 total, 7 in this make and model, 2,875 as pilot in command, 155 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: VIH, 40 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 19850514017089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850514017089A), May 14, 1985: Piper PA46310P, Osage Beach, MO, Substantial damage. On second landing attempt from opposite direction, aircraft landed long and ran off end of runway.

## Other investigations on N4362F (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 CHI94FA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94FA307), Sep 2, 1994: Piper PA-46-310P (N4362F), Lincoln, IL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while performing a go-around.

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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