Plane Crash List

Piper PA-24-250 N5279P

26 September 1987 · Osage Beach, Missouri, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 26 September 1987 at about 20:00 local time, a Piper PA-24-250 registered N5279P was involved in an accident near Osage Beach, Missouri, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Osage Beach, Missouri, United States
Nearest airport
Grand Glaize
Coordinates
38.1305, -92.6493
Aircraft
Piper PA-24-250
Registration
N5279P
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MKC87LA180

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 1 1

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

WHILE PERFORMING AS PIC DURING A BIENNIAL FLT REVIEW, THE CFI REQUESTED THAT THE OWNER PERFORM A SHORT FLD LNDG USING FULL FLAPS IN CROSS WIND CONDITIONS. THE ACFT STRUCK THE TERRAIN 50 FEET SHORT OF THE RWY AND BOUNCED ONTO THE APPROACH END OF IT. THE CFI HAD JUST BEEN ISSUED HIS CFI CERTIFICATE, HAD 1 HR OF FLT TIME IN TYPE, AND 247 TOTAL HOURS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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