# NTSB MKC86LA118: Piper PA-28-140, N32143, Bolivar, MO, May 26, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 26, 1986, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Bolivar, MO
- Coordinates: 37.60036, -93.409812 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6004&lon=-93.4098&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34184
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA118
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34184/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA118

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - abort - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- Fire, other

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT HE COULD GET AIRBORNE FROM THE TURF FIELD ALTHOUGH IT WAS WET, SOFT, AND MUDDY. AFTER ROLLING SOME DISTANCE, HE DECIDED HE WOULD HAVE TO FLY THROUGH POWERLINES OR TREES SO HE ABORTED. THE AIRPLANE RAN PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THROUGH A FENCE, ACROSS A ROAD, AND INTO A YARD WHERE IT IMPACTED A YARD LIGHT AND A TREE. IT WAS DEMOLISHED BY IMPACT AND POST-IMPACT FIRE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N32143](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32143-1993-05-20), registration cancelled 1993-05-20, S/N 287525028 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7529028
- Airframe hours: 6890
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: James E. Petty
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 25, 1985
- Airport: H29, Memorial, runway 1, 2,550 × 300 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 17 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19860526037379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860526037379A), May 26, 1986: Piper PA28140, Bolivar, MO, Substantial damage. Aborted takeoff, could not clear powerlines at runway end. Rolled off runway end, hit a fence, a tree, and burned.

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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