Osage Beach Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Osage Beach, Missouri 65065
Sunday, August 27, 1995 17:00 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

AIRPORT TRAFFIC WAS USING RUNWAY 32 AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE STUDENT PILOT, WHO WAS FLYING WITH A PASSENGER, LANDED ON RUNWAY 14. DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED PAST THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 14, AND WENT INTO AN AREA OF TREES AND BRUSH. THE PASSENGER REPORTED THAT THE STUDENT PILOT SAID HE LANDED LONG AND FAST.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the student pilot's misjudgement of distance and speed during the landing and failure to attain the proper touchdown point.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/27/1995
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1700
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City OSAGE BEACH
Event State MISSOURI
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 65065
Event Date Year 1995
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport OSAGE BEACH
Event Location Nearest Airport ID K15
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 875
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1556 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 90
Weather Observation Facility ID AIZ
Elevation of weather observation facility 869
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 5
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Unknown
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 3
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 34
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 10
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) 3000
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1375
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Aug 30 1995 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1211
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information IMAGE
Date of most recent change to record Dec 7 2000 4:30PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N54417
NTSB Number CHI95LA300
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name PIPER
Aircraft Model PA-32-300
Aircraft Series Identifier PA-32-300
Aircraft Serial Number 7440052
Certified Max Gross Weight 3400
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 6
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name AFFILATED BANK GROUP
Aircraft Owner Street Address 4004 E KELLOG
Aircraft Owner City WICHITA
Aircraft Owner State KS
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 67218
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name CLARKE S DIXON
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 16401 W 117TH
Operator City SEDGWICK
Operator State KS
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 67135
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code MKC
Departure City KANSAS CITY
Departure State MO
Departure Country
Departure Time 1500
Departure Time Zone CST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:34AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 14
Runway Length 3205
Runway Width 60
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --