Piper PA-28-236 N2200Y

Summary

On 10 April 1983 at about 22:40 local time, a Piper PA-28-236 registered N2200Y, operated by Phoenix Aviation, was involved in an accident near Kaiser, Missouri, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 April 1983 at 22:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Kaiser, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Lee C. Fine (AIZ)

Coordinates

38.1296, -92.5795

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-236

Registration

N2200Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Phoenix Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chesterfield → Kaiser

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83LA088

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING. THE WEATHER WAS VMC BUT THE PILOT SAID HE ENCOUNTERED A GUSTY CROSSWIND DURING LANDING. HE HAD CHECKED THE WIND SOCK PRIOR TO LANDING AND IT WAS HANGING LIMP. THE REPORTED WIND WAS 290 DEGREES AT 5 KTS GUSTING TO 15 KTS. THE PILOT HAD BOUNCED DURING TOUCHDOWN. DURING THE BOUNCE THE NOSE SHIFTED ABOUT 30 DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AS THE ACFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AND A DITCH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.