Piper PA-28R-201T N99SJ

Summary

On 31 January 1983 at about 16:20 local time, a Piper PA-28R-201T registered N99SJ was involved in an accident near Salem, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 January 1983 at 16:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Salem, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Salem Memorial (K33)

Coordinates

37.6298, -91.5300

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-201T

Registration

N99SJ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → St. Louis

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83FA060

1 person died.

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

DURING THE 0910 TELEPHONE WX BRIEFING BY THE ST. LOUIS FSS, THE PLT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS GROUND FOG IN THE SALEM AREA. AT ABOUT 1010 THE PLT DEPARTED FROM RWY 16, MADE A LEFT TURN & CROSSED THE ARPT HEADING NORTH. A WITNESS WHO DROVETHE PLT TO THE ARPT STATED HE WATCHED THE ACFT UNTIL IT WAS OBSCURED BY CLOUDS AS IT CLIMBED. ANOTHER WITNESS, WHO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 1/2 MI EAST OF THE APPROACH END OF RWY 16, STATED HE SAW THE ACFT FLYING NORTH BEFORE IT WAS OBSCURED BY A NEARBY BUILDING. HE THEN HEARD THE ENG REV UP, THEN A CRASH. HE REPORTED THAT THE SKY WAS OVERCAST & GROUND VISIBILITYWAS ABOUT A MILE. WRECKAGE EXAMINATION DISCLOSED THAT THE LEFT OUTER WING SEPARATED AT THE INBOARD EDGE OF THE AILERON. THE EMPENNAGE DISPLAYED EVIDENCE OF LEFT WING IMPACT FORWARD OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER. THE SPARS & WING SKIN DISPLAYED EVIDENCE OF OVERLOAD FAILURE. THE 0958 WX AT VICHY,MO, LOCATED 34 NM NW OF SALEM, WAS 2 MI IN FOG & HAZE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.