Piper PA-28R-201 N2732Q

Summary

On 2 August 2000 at about 14:32 local time, a Piper PA-28R-201 registered N2732Q was involved in an accident near Beloit, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 August 2000 at 14:32

Classification

Accident

Location

Beloit, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Beloit Airport (K61)

Coordinates

39.4600, -98.0998

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-201

Registration

N2732Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI00FA234

1 person died.

the inadvertent stall. Factors relating to the accident were the pilot's low altitude, his abrupt pull up, the power lines, and his lack of recent flying experience.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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A witness traveling south on Kansas State Highway 14 from Beloit, Kansas, said he saw the airplane "flying very low, north of the highway, like the pilot was trying to land. The plane then rose rapidly when it got close to the highway, as if to rise above the power lines. The plane made an abrupt dive and crashed into a field at a sharp angle." Airplane records showed the pilot's last flight in the airplane was on May 1, 1999. Federal Aviation Administration medical records indicated the pilot's last medical certificate was issued on August 31, 1994. An examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.