- Date
- November 17, 1985, 15:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Osage Beach, MO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8042CPiper PA-22-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851117057489A
- Case key
- 34052
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Witnesses observed N80426 lt of the final apch course for rwy 14 heading toward the arpt for landing. One witness said the acft was at 300 to 400 ft AGL when the nose of the acft rose abruptly, the lt wing went down and the acft descended to the ground. Other witnesses said the acft banked sharply to the lt and turned about 180 deg before the nose dropped. The acft hit a tree limb in a nearly verticle descent and then impacted the ground. The acdt site is 1/2 mi nnw of the apch end of rwy 14. The plt had history of cardiovascular disease.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8042C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-2229
- Airframe hours
- 1,526
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles. C Bouchard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 16, 1984 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- H2O · Carthage, MO
- Airport
- K15 · Linn Creek-Grand, runway 14, 3,200 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,975 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VIH, 45 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.