Piper PA-38-112 accident near Inman, KS
On March 5, 1994, a Piper PA-38-112 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Inman, KS. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 5, 1994
- Place
- Inman, KS
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-38-112 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.220°N, 97.770°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X00857
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 5, 1994, at 0830 central standard time (cst), a Piper PA-38-112, N2495L, registered to Marvin Hall dBa Hutchinson Aviation, of Hutchinson, Kansas, with a commercially certificated flight instructor administering a biennial flight review (flight review) to a private pilot, was destroyed during a collision with the ground and subsequent fire. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was not operating on a flight plan. Both pilots were fatally injured. The flight departed Hutchinson, Kansas, at 0800 cst. Three witnesses said they observed the airplane during its descent to the ground. Two witnesses observed the airplane in a five or six turn spin to the left. One witness said he saw the spin stop just above the ground, with the airplane's "...nose pulled up slightly, but then back down before it hit." During the interview the witnesses were asked to show, with a model airplane, what N2495L had been doing during its descent to the ground. Each witness made a motion with the model airplane that replicated a left spin that had an approximate 45 degree nose down attitude. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The logbook for the pilot receiving the flight review was destroyed in the post crash fire. According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the pilot obtained his private pilot certificate on November 27, 1991. The pilot reported he had 50 hours of flight time when he obtained his second class medical certificate on March 20, 1992. The pilot's supervisor said that to his knowledge the pilot was current an
Probable cause
AN UNINTENTIONAL SPIN WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE MANEUVERING PHASE OF A BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE AIRPLANE'S LATERAL-DIRECTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AT OR NEAR THE STALL SPEED.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
