Piper PA-28-140 N4233J

Summary

On 31 August 1986 at about 13:50 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N4233J was involved in an accident near Elkhart, Kansas, 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 August 1986 at 13:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Elkhart, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Elkhart (EHA)

Coordinates

36.9993, -101.8909

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N4233J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Liberal

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC86FA181

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

THE STUDENT PLT INTENDED TO FLY FROM HIS HOME ARPT TO A NEARBY ARPT WHERE HE WAS RECEIVING FLT INSTRUCTION. NO RECORD OF A WX BRIEFING WAS FOUND. LOCAL AUTHORITIES SAID THERE WERE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO ONE SAW THE ACFT TAKEOFF BUT THE PLT WAS SEEN IN LOCAL RESTAURANT A SHORT TIME BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE ACFT CRASHED ON THE MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE ABOUT 100 FT FROM TWO RESIDENCES. AN OCCUPANT OF ONE OF THE RESIDENCES SAW THE ACFT CRASH AND SAID IT WAS DESCENDING NEARLY VERTICAL JUST BEFORE IMPACT. HE ALSO SAID THE ENG NOISE INCREASED JUST BEFORE IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.