Plane Crash List

Piper PA-22-135 N8927C

22 November 1988 · Salisbury, Missouri, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 November 1988 at about 17:45 local time, a Piper PA-22-135 registered N8927C, operated by Antwiler, Gilbert Kent, was involved in an accident near Salisbury, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 17:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Salisbury, Missouri, United States
Nearest airport
Salisbury (MO41)
Coordinates
39.4293, -92.6592
Aircraft
Piper PA-22-135
Registration
N8927C
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Antwiler, Gilbert Kent
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Salisbury → Moberly
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MKC89LA026

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 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

THE PILOT SAID SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE ENGINE LOST POWER. HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A PLOWED FIELD, AND AFTER ROLLING ABOUT FIFTY YARDS ON THE ROUGH, SOFT TERRAIN, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ENGINE LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL STARVATION AS THE FUEL SELECTOR LEVER WAS FOUND IN A PARTIALLY OFF POSITION. IN THIS POSITION, IT WAS DETERMINED, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT DEVELOP FULL POWER EXCEPT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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