- Date
- December 15, 1985, 19:00 local (Dec 16, 1985, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83956Piper PA-28RT-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851215066809A
- Case key
- 34117
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated there was patches of snow and ice on the runway surface a snow on the sides and as he pulled up the flaps, the airplane veered right, off the runway. He said that after he got the airplane back on the runway, it ground- looped to the left and the right main gear collapsed inward.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83956
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201 (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-8131142
- Airframe hours
- 622
- Engine
- Continental TS10-360-FB 1, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis K. Chappell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 31, 1985 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- 3KM · Wichita, KS
- Airport
- 2H2 · Municipal, runway 18, 3,000 × 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 288 total · 12 in this make and model · 255 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF, 25 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.