- Date
- October 3, 1985, 15:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8047NPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851003048829A
- Case key
- 34097
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Analysis
The Piper PA-28-140 was departing the Kansas City, MO area for a VFR, no flight-plan flight to warrensburg, MO. Witnesses stated that the airplane appeared to lift off prematurely and remained effectively stalled until impact two min later in a drive-in-theater. The propeller and wings impacted the speaker poles. A post-impact fuel leak started an engine compartment fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8047N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2825293
- Airframe hours
- 3,237
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- T.W. Lanier
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1985 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- M006 · Kansas City, MO
- Destination
- 9K4 · Warrensburg, MO
- Airport
- Unknown
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 63 total · 15 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCI, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8047N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.