Piper PA-24-250 N99SP

Summary

On 23 June 1983 at about 21:08 local time, a Piper PA-24-250 registered N99SP was involved in an accident near 3M Se of Benton, Missouri, United States. 4 people were on board and 3 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 June 1983 at 21:08

Classification

Accident

Location

3M Se of Benton, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

37.0906, -89.5594

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-250

Registration

N99SP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cape Girardeau → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83FA133

3 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

ACCORDING TO THE SURVIVING PASSENGER, A BOY, THE PLT WAS FLYING THE ACFT FROM THE RIGHT SEAT. THE ACFT WAS FLOWN TO THE VICINITY OF THE PLT'S PROPERTY WHERE HE MADE A PASS OVER A FARM BELONGING TO A RELATIVE. THE LOW PASS WAS MADE NEAR THE OPERATOR OF A COMBINE WHO WAS HARVESTING GRAIN IN A FIELD. DURING THE PASS, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE, CRASHED & BURNED. THE BOY WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT TO ESCAPE FROM THE PLANE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.