- Date
- October 5, 1985, 09:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- Gravois Mills, MO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1347JRockwell 112A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851005048879A
- Case key
- 34043
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Analysis
The acft was observed on final with the gear down, flying along a ridge that was beside a lake. Witnesses stated that it was below the elevation of the arpt that was on top of the hill. Two witnesses also stated that the eng was running but not at full pwr. When the acft was just short of the hill, it made a steep 180 deg turn to the right and descended into the water and flipped forward to the inverted position. The plt and his wife were still alive for the three or four minutes that the acft remained afloat. It was recovered in 15 ft of water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1347J
- Reported as
- Rockwell 112A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 347
- Airframe hours
- 1,154
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1D6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wallace Seavers
- Registered owner
- Wallace R. & Norma L. Seavers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 29, 1985 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- GVW · Kansas City, MO
- Destination
- 04K · Gravois Mills, MO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 04K · Wulff Harbor, runway 27, 2,575 × 40 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 349 total · 134 in this make and model · 275 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COU, 45 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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