Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Garden City, Kansas 67846
Saturday, March 31, 1984 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PLT DEPARTED KENDALLVILLE, IN, AT ABOUT 1800 EST & MADE A REFUELING STOP AT TOPEKA, KS. AT TOPEKA, HE OBTAINED A WX BRIEFING FOR A FLT TO PUEBLO, CO, HIS INTENDED DESTINATION, & WAS ADVISED OF MARGINAL VFR TO IFR CONDITIONS ON HIS PROPOSED ROUTE. HE THEN ASKED ABOUT THE WX ON THE FOLLOWING DAY & WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE MARGINAL VFR TO VFR AFTER 1500 HRS ON 3/31/84. AT THAT TIME, HE TOLD THE BRIEFER THAT HE WOULD 'JUST SIT ON IT.' HOWEVER, THE PLT TOOK OFF. LATER, HE CALLED SALINA RADIO & OBTAINED THE SALINA & PUEBLO CURRENT & FORCAST WX, WHICH WAS MARGINAL VFR TO IFR. AFTER THAT, THERE WAS NO FURTHER RADIO CONTACT WITH ATC. ON 4/2/84, THE ACFT WAS FOUND APRX 1-1/2 MI SOUTHEAST OF THE GARDEN CITY MUNI ARPT. AN EXAM REVEALED THAT IT HAD CRASHED ON A HEADING OF APRX 120 DEG WITH THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. IMPACT OCCURRED ON LEVEL TERRAIN WHILE THE ACFT WAS IN A RIGHT BANK. NO PREIMPACT FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS WERE FOUND. THE 0030 CST WX AT GARDEN CITY WAS: 200 FT OBSCURED, 1 MI VIS WITH LGT SNW, TEMP/DEW POINT 33/31, WIND 110 DEG AT 8 KTS.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 3/31/1984 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 0 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | GARDEN CITY |
| Event State | KANSAS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 67846 |
| Event Date Year | 1984 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 50 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 300 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | GCK |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 2888 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 200 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 200 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Obscured |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 1 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 1 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -1 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 110 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Light |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 800 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 24505 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:15AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N40846 |
| NTSB Number | MKC84FA115 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA-28R-200 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-28R-200 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 28R07434132 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2650 |
| 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 | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | May 19 1983 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 46 |
| Airframe Hours | 2990 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | WILLIAM K. KOST |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 226 ADAMSON ST. |
| Aircraft Owner City | MT VERNON |
| Aircraft Owner State | OH |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 43050 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | DR WILLIAM A. THOMPSON |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 651 NORTHWOOD CT. |
| Operator City | KENDALL |
| Operator State | IN |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 46755 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| 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 | TOP |
| Departure City | TOPEKA |
| Departure State | KS |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 2200 |
| Departure Time Zone | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | PUB |
| Destination City | PUEBLO |
| Destination State | CO |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Unknown |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |