# NTSB MKC86LA099: Piper PA-12, N3XX, Fulton, MO, May 1, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 1, 1986, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Fulton, MO
- Coordinates: 38.849166, -91.949501 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8492&lon=-91.9495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34169
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA099
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34169/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA099

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - runway light (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE ON A SHORT FLIGHT TO CHECK THE OPERATION OF A VOR RECEIVER. WHILE THEY WERE ON THE LANDING ROLL, A GUST OF WIND TURNED THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT AND THE AIRPLANE RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND THE RIGHT GEAR HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3XX](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3XX), registered now, S/N 12-811, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-12
- Registry model: [Piper PA-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (registry code 7101202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 12-811
- Airframe hours: 2822
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 C1 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Wilbert F. Ondes
- Registered owner: Roy L. Kirgan
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 1985, 85 hours before
- Airport: H65, Municipal, runway 5, 3,200 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 2,551 total, 50 in this make and model, 2,412 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: COU, 17 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860501037909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860501037909A), May 1, 1986: Piper PA12, Fulton, MO, Substantial damage. Gust of wind caused aircraft to veer on rollout. Struck a runway light with right gear. Go around 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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