MKC86LA052

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28-180 · Columbia, MO · January 15, 1986

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
January 15, 1986, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
Place
Columbia, MO
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N7013WPiper PA-28-180
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19860115025899A
Case key
34131

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Sequence of events

NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.

Loss of control - in flightTakeoff
Proper climb rate - not maintainedPilot in commandCause
Stall - inadvertentPilot in commandCause
In flight collision with terrain/waterDescent - uncontrolled

Analysis

The pilot stated that he was showing his passenger a procedure that he used in multi-engine airplanes when he inadvertently stalled the airplane at 300 feet AGL just after takeoff. He could not complete the recovery before impacting the runway.

Aircraft

Registration
N7013W
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Category
Airplane
Serial number
28-692
Airframe hours
2,900
Engine
Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
M. E. Tumbleson
Registered owner
Thomas L. Keon
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
K24 · Columbia, MO
Airport
COU · Columbia Regional, runway 2, 6,499 × 150 ft, concrete

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
48
Certificates
Commercial, Flight instructor
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Flight hours
7,040 total · 781 in this make and model · 4,978 as pilot in command

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
180° at 10 knots
Visibility
15 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
50 °F, dew point 25 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
COU

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.