Piper PA-24-180 N5019P

Summary

On 2 July 1984 at about 23:35 local time, a Piper PA-24-180 registered N5019P, operated by Midwest Pilots, Inc., was involved in an accident near Osage Beach, Missouri, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 July 1984 at 23:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Osage Beach, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Lynn Creek/Grand Glaize (K15)

Coordinates

38.1296, -92.6494

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-180

Registration

N5019P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Midwest Pilots, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St.louis → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC84FA195

2 people were seriously 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

WITNESS STATED ACFT TOUCHED DOWN MIDFIELD AND BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE RWY. TWO WITNESSES HEARD POWER APPLIED AND THE ACFT LIFTED OFF 300 FT FROM THE END OF THE RWY. THEY STATED FLAPS WERE FULLY EXTENDED FOR THE TOTAL TRANSITION AND THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED ONLY AFTER THE FIRST SET OF POWER LINES. AT APRX 100 FT AGL THE ACFT BEGAN TO DESCEND AT WHICH TIME IT CONTACTED A UTILITY POLE FOLLOWED BY TREES. THE PLT STATED THE ENGINE DID NOT SEEM TO BE PRODUCING FULL POWER DURING THE CLIMB. HOWEVER, POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS. THE PLT STATED THE LONG LANDING WAS MADE BECAUSE OF TURBULENCE ENCOUNTERED OVER THE TREES DURING THE APPROACH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.