Piper PA-24-260 accident near Ankeny, IA
On September 24, 2002, a Piper PA-24-260 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Ankeny, IA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 24, 2002
- Place
- Ankeny, IA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-24-260 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.694°N, 93.553°W
- NTSB ID
- 20020927X05237
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 24, 2002, at 1313 central daylight time, a Piper PA-24-260, N8782P, was destroyed when it impacted the terrain during takeoff climb from runway 18 (5,500 feet by 100 feet, concrete) at the Ankeny Regional Airport (IKV), Ankeny, Iowa. The private pilot received fatal injuries and the two passengers received serious injuries. The Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was departing IKV and the intended destination was the Lee C. Fine Airport (AIZ), Kaiser, Missouri. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. An instrument flight plan was filed but had not been activated. The pilot had received a weather brief from a Direct User Access Terminal Service (DUATS). He filed an IFR flight plan with the Fort Dodge Automated Flight Service Station (FSS). The airplane received an IFR clearance on the ground from Des Moines Approach control at 1312, but the airplane never contacted Des Moines Approach Control to activate the clearance. The pilot of a Piper Saratoga that was holding short for takeoff from runway 18, witnessed N8782P departing runway 18. The pilot reported seeing the accident airplane takeoff and raise its landing gear and immediately bank left after it had climbed no more than 300 feet above ground level (agl). He reported the airplane appeared to be entering a left downwind when the airplane's nose went down and impacted a field east of the runway. A witness, who was walking north in front of one of the airport's hangars, reported observing the accident airplane takeoff from runway 18. He reported that the airplane looked and sounded norma
Probable cause
The pilot applied an excessive angle of bank and failed to maintain terrain clearance. An additonal factor was the pilot's attention being diverted.
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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.
