Piper PA-38-112 N2532N

Summary

On 14 June 2002 at about 00:50 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N2532N was involved in an accident near St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 June 2002 at 00:50

Classification

Accident

Location

St. Joseph, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Rosencrans Memorial (STJ)

Coordinates

39.7719, -94.9094

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N2532N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Joseph → St. Joseph

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CHI02LA164

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to attain proper alignment with the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane sustained substantial damage when it contacted terrain when the airplane landed perpendicular to the runway. The witness reported the airplane almost stalled during takeoff, and then banked hard left and went right down when it was in position for a base leg turn. The inspection of the airplane revealed the aircraft contacted the ground near the approach end of the runway 17 on a base leg heading, or perpendicular to the runway. The pilot was unable to explain why he touched down perpendicular to the runway. The pilot reported, "I made a mistake. That accident was my fault. No call for what I did. No call for the landing. Should have been going down [the] runway." He reported that he could not remember many of the details concerning the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.