Piper PA-28R-200 N56373

Summary

On 30 August 1982 at about 02:59 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered N56373, operated by Flying Country Club, Inc., was involved in an accident near Mediapolis, Iowa, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 August 1982 at 02:59

Classification

Accident

Location

Mediapolis, Iowa, United States

Coordinates

41.0010, -91.1594

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-200

Registration

N56373

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Flying Country Club, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Olathe → Moline

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC82FA161

4 people 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

DURING THE 1725 CDT WX BRIEFING THE PLT WAS INFORMED THAT THE KANSAS CITY AREA WOULD BE 1600 FT BROKEN, OCCASSIONAL 800 FT BROKEN, 3/4 MI VISIBILITY WITH THUNDERSTORMS & MODERATE RAIN WITH STRONG SURFACE WINDS ABOUT 35K. THE FORECAST WAS VALID TO 2200 CDT. THE PLT INDICATED HE DID NOT NEED ANY ENROUTE FORECASTS. THE BRIEFER STATED TO THE PLT THAT RADARWAS SHOWING AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS & RAIN SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM 70 MI NW OF KANSAS CITY DOWN TO 60 MI NORTH OF KANSAS CITY & FROM THERE ON UP TO FT.DODGE, THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NE AT 30K. THE PLT DEPARTED OLATHE, KS AT 2000 CDT. A WITNESS HEARD THE SOUNDS OF AN ACFT ENG DECREASING, INCREASING & THEN SILENCE. A WITNESS WHO HEARD THE ACFT PASS BY JUST BEFORE IMPACT STATED THAT THE WX AT THE TIME WAS MODERATE RAIN, APPROXIMATE 1 MI VISIBILITY, & INTERMITTENT LIGHTNING & THUNDER. PORTIONS OF EACH WING & THE HORIZONTAL TAIL SECTION WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3/8 MI SOUTH OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.