Piper PA-28-140 N500FL

Summary

On 18 November 1982 at about 01:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N500FL, operated by Affluent Flyers, was involved in an accident near Sharon, Kansas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 November 1982 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sharon, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

37.2495, -98.4109

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N500FL

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Affluent Flyers

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Medicine Lodge → Wichita

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC83FA023

2 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

THE ACFT CRASHED 12 MI FROM THE DEPARTURE POINT IN HILLY TERRAIN ON A DIRECT ROUTE TO THE DESTINATION IN A 40 DEG NOSE LOW & 75 DEG RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE. THERE ARE NO WX REPORTING FACILITIES NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE 1851 WX OBSERVATION AT ENID,OK (62 MI SE) WAS 1600 FT BROKEN & 5 MI IN FOG. THE 1931 WX OBSERVATION AT WICHITA, KS (52 MI NE) WAS 900 FT BROKEN & 6 MI IN FOG. THE OTHER PILOT HAD A STUDENT CERTIFICATE & WAS PRESIDENT OF THE FLYING CLUB THAT OPERATED THE ACFT. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE FOUND OUTSIDE OF THE ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.