Piper PA-24-260 N8546P

Summary

On 12 October 2006 at about 21:00 local time, a Piper PA-24-260 registered N8546P was involved in an accident near Osage Beach, Missouri, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 October 2006 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Osage Beach, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

38.1106, -92.6806

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-260

Registration

N8546P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Topeka → Osage Beach

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI07CA008

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions which resulted in the hard landing. The gusting crosswind was a factor.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was substantially damaged during a hard landing. The pilot reported experiencing light to moderate turbulence during his descent to the destination airport. He reported that, "immediately prior to touchdown there was a gust of wind jerking us in our seats. There was an immediate loss of airspeed and lift." The pilot reported that he applied full engine power, but the airplane impacted the runway hard resulting in the damage to the aircraft. The pilot reported that the winds at the accident airport were from 270 degrees at 10 knots gusting to 30 knots. The nearest weather reporting station located about 7 nautical miles east of the accident airport recorded the wind from 270 degrees at 9 knots gusting to 14 knots. The weather report indicated that the wind direction was variable from 250 to 310 degrees. Runway 32 was used for the landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.