- Date
- August 26, 1987, 04:00 local (09:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kanorado, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8975PPiper PA-24-260
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870826048339A
- Case key
- 34302
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The fss stated they had personally briefed the student pilot on the wx en route for this night flight and told him VFR was not recommended. At the first stop, he called the co-owner of the airplane and told her he had been flying around storms. At the next stop, he told a policeman he was lost and asked for directions. When the airplane did not arrive, a search was initiated. The airplane had touched down in a cornfield on the left wingtip and cartwheeled. At the time of the accident, the wx 18NM east was partial obscuration, measured ceiling 100 ft. broken, 1500 ft. overcast, visibility 3 miles in fog, temp. 57 degrees f, winds from 360 degrees at 6 KTS, altimeter 30.12 in hg. No record of the plts flt time could be located.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8975P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 244433
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-D4A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ned J.Lynch
- Registered owner
- James F Curley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 5C0 · Burlington, CO
- Destination
- MCK · Mc Cook, NE
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLD, 18 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.
Other investigations on N8975P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.