# NTSB MKC85LA147: Piper PA-32-300, N8654N, Point Lookout, MO, July 4, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 3, 1985, 21:30 local (Jul 4, 1985, 02:30 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: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33977
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA147
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33977/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA147

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

WHILE LANDING AT DUSK, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD & BOTH MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED REARWARD. A WING FUEL TANK WAS PUNCTURED, BUT NO FIRE ERUPTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8654N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8654N-2013-05-15), registration cancelled 2013-05-15, S/N 32-7240004, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (registry code 7103212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 327240004
- Airframe hours: 3500
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-K1A5 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ken Willard
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1984
- Departed: OKC, OKLAHOAM CITY, KS
- Destination: PLK
- Airport: PLK, Graham Clark, runway 29, 3,600 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 360 total, 360 in this make and model, 300 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SPF, 34 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 19850703031209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850703031209A), Jul 3, 1985: Piper PA32300, Point Lookout, MO, Substantial damage. Made hard landing at dusk. Folded main gear rearward. Wing fuel tank was ruptured. No fire.

## Other investigations on N8654N (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 FTW89LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA087), Apr 26, 1989: Piper PA-32-300 (N8654N), Eufaula, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER POSITIONING OF THE FUEL SELECTOR, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF POWER DUE TO FUEL STARVATION, AND HIS FAILURE TO FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT…

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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