Piper PA-34 N8189H
28 November 1982 · Kansas City, Missouri, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 28 November 1982 at about 20:47 local time, a Piper PA-34 registered N8189H, operated by Earnest, Inc., was involved in an accident near Kansas City, Missouri, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:47
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Coordinates
- 39.2696, -94.5801
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-34
- Registration
- N8189H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Earnest, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Okmulgee → Chillicothe
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MKC83FA028
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
DRG THE 1027 WX BRIEFING, THE PLT WAS ADVISED THAT KANSAS CITY WAS REPORTING VERY LIGHT RIME ICING FROM 4,000 TO 11,000 FT & A PIREP OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RIME ICE BETWEEN 6,000 & 8,000 FT 30 MI SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY. THE PLT ANNOUNCEDHIS INTENTIONS OF CANCELLING THE PROPOSED FLT & GOING THE NEXT DAY. AT 1101, HE CONTACTED FSS & STATED HE NEEDED TO GO, & INITIATED A RESERVATION & FLT PLAN. AT 1217, HE RECEIVED A WX UPDATE WHICH INDICATED HE COULD EXPECT ICING DESCENDING THROUGH THE CLOUDS. ENROUTE, WHILE ON TOP AT 11,000 FT, THE PLT DIVERTED TO KANSAS CITY. WHEN CLEARED TO DESCEND, THE PLT STATED HE WAS STILL IN THE CLOUDS & STILL GETTING ICE & WANTED TO STAY AT 11,000 FT UNTIL HE GOT OUT OF THE CLOUDS. AT 1439, HE WAS ADVISED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO START HIS DESENT PRETTY QUICK AS HE WAS 13 MI FROM THE OUTER MARKER. DURING DESCENT, THE ACFT DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR & WAS OBSERVED COMING OUT OF THE OVERCAST ALMOST STRAIGHT DOWN. THERE WAS NO ICE OBSERVED ON THE THE ACFT. THE ACFT WAS NOT DE-ICE EQUIPPED. THE LANDING GR WERE IN THE DOWN POSITION.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 1982 | Piper PA-34 | Gaylord, Michigan, United States | John Martenson | No injuries | - |
| 17 Apr 1982 | Piper PA-34-200J | Columbia, South Carolina, United States | Annie Harner | No injuries | - |
| 20 Dec 1982 | Piper PA-34-200 | Columbia, South Carolina, United States | Bankair, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 21 Sep 1982 | Piper PA-34 | Langdon, North Dakota, United States | Thunderbird Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 12 Mar 1982 | Piper PA-34-200 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | S. V. Campbell | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jan 1982 | Piper PA-34-200T | Near Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Lang Air Service | Fatal | 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep 1982 | Cessna 172N | Lake of the Oza, Missouri, United States | Wayne Collins Merle Nelson | Fatal | 2 |
| 20 May 1982 | Piper PA-28-140 | Columbia, Missouri, United States | Olan R. McGee | No injuries | - |
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