Piper PA-28-140 N8047N
3 October 1985 · Kansas City, Missouri, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 3 October 1985 at about 20:10 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N8047N was involved in an accident near Kansas City, Missouri, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Nearest airport
- Unknown
- Coordinates
- 39.0506, -94.4901
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-140
- Registration
- N8047N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Kansas City → Warrensburg
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MKC86LA001
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
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 PIPER PA-28-140 WAS DEPARTING THE KANSAS CITY, MO AREA FOR A VFR, NO FLIGHT-PLAN FLIGHT TO WARRENSBURG, MO. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO LIFT OFF PREMATURELY AND REMAINED EFFECTIVELY STALLED UNTIL IMPACT TWO MIN LATER IN A DRIVE-IN-THEATER. THE PROPELLER AND WINGS IMPACTED THE SPEAKER POLES. A POST-IMPACT FUEL LEAK STARTED AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-28 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 1985 | Piper PA-28-140 | Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1985 | Piper PA-28-236 | New Milford, Connecticut, United States | Taylor MacHine Co. | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jul 1985 | Piper PA-28-140 | Cherry Valley, New York, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Nov 1985 | Piper PA-28-161 | Washington Twp., Indiana, United States | Bowman Aviation, Inc. | Fatal | 2 |
| 28 Nov 1985 | Piper PA-28-161 | Duluth, Minnesota, United States | Thunderbird Aviation | Fatal | 3 |
| 11 Aug 1985 | Piper PA-28-140 | Falfurrias, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 9,402 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 5 Oct 1985 | Cessna 172 | Guilford, Missouri, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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| 12 Oct 1985 | Beechcraft A36 | Chesterfield, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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