# NTSB MKC86LA052: Piper PA-28-180, N7013W, Columbia, MO, January 15, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 15, 1986, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Columbia, MO
- Coordinates: 38.950344, -92.319038 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9503&lon=-92.3190&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34131
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA052
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34131/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA052

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff
  - proper climb rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7013W-1989-09-12), registration cancelled 1989-09-12, S/N 28692 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-692
- Airframe hours: 2900
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860115025899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860115025899A), Jan 15, 1986: Piper PA28180, Columbia, MO, Substantial damage. Inadvertantly stalled aircraft on takeoff. Impacted the runway before recovery could be made.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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