Piper PA-28R-201T N2941Q

Summary

On 27 December 1982 at about 01:35 local time, a Piper PA-28R-201T registered N2941Q, operated by John F. Hastert, was involved in an accident near Bates City, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 December 1982 at 01:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Bates City, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

39.0004, -94.0706

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-201T

Registration

N2941Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

John F. Hastert

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grain Valley → Kansas City

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC83FA046

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 AIRCRAFT CRASHED ABOUT 8 MI EAST OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT AFTER THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT TOOK OFF ON A DARK NIGHT WITH FOG AND A LOW CEILING. THE WEATHER AT THE NEAREST REPORTING STATION WAS IN PART: 600 FT OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 6 MI WITH FOG. ANOTHER PILOT ESTIMATED THAT THE CEILING WAS 800 TO 1000 FT AND THE VISIBILITY WAS 3 TO 4 MI. AN EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT THE LEFT WING AND STABILATOR HAD SEPARATED IN FLIGHT. A WITNESS NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE HEARD WHAT SOUNDED TO HIM LIKE A SMALL PLANE PERFORMING AEROBATICS. HE REPORTED THAT THESE SOUNDS WERE FOLLOWED BY A "BACKFIRE", THEN A THUD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.