Piper PA-34-200T N1091X

Summary

On 1 May 1983 at about 01:32 local time, a Piper PA-34-200T registered N1091X was involved in an accident near Stover, Missouri, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 May 1983 at 01:32

Classification

Accident

Location

Stover, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

38.4407, -92.9800

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-200T

Registration

N1091X

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kaiser → Olathe

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC83FA098

4 people 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

THE ACFT CRASHED INTO A WOODED AREA IN A HIGH SPEED DESCENT ON A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT. THE PILOT HAD TELEPHONED THE ST. LOUIS FSS ON 04/30/83 AND REQUESTED KANSAS CITY WEATHER. THE WEATHER BRIEFER ADVISED THE PILOT THAT THE AREA WAS IN A TORNADO WATCH. THE PILOT ACKNOWLEGED AND WAS GIVEN THE BRIEFING HE REQUESTED. THE PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLT PLAN OR MAKE ANY RADIO CALLS. THE FLT WAS MONITORED ON RADAR AND SEEN TO DISAPPEAR AT 2033 CDT. WHEN HE WAS REPORTED MISSING HISPOSITION WAS PLOTTED FROM THIS LAST KNOWN POSITION AND THIS IS WHERE HE WAS FOUND ON 05/03/83 BY CAP. THE WEATHER MAP INDICATES HE WAS IN A THUNDERSTORM AREA AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THE PILOT WHO WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED AND HIS 3 PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.