Piper PA-23-250 accident near Sterling, KS
On February 13, 2008, a Piper PA-23-250 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Sterling, KS. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 13, 2008
- Place
- Sterling, KS
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23-250 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.149°N, 98.320°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080220X00215
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 13, 2008, approximately 1255 central standard time, a Piper PA-23-250, N62793, owned and operated by Storm Flying Service, Inc., was destroyed when it impacted terrain 7.5 mile southwest of Sterling, Kansas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The positioning flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 on an instrument flight rules flight plan. The airline transport certificated pilot was fatally injured. The cross-country flight departed Wichita, Kansas, approximately 1230 and was en route to Hays, Kansas. According to Storm Flying Service, Inc., of Webster City, Iowa, the flight was repositioning from Wichita to Hays for a daily cancelled check run. The route of flight continued from Hays to Great Bend to Salina to Kansas City and back to Wichita. At 1249:30, a Kansas City Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) controller directed the pilot to turn to a heading of 280 to avoid the BISON military operations area (MOA) which was active. The pilot acknowledged this transmission and altered his course accordingly. At 1252:47 the controller called for a radio check and the pilot responded "loud and clear." No further radio transmissions were recorded from the accident airplane. National Track Analysis Program (NTAP) radar data depicted the airplane on a northwesterly track at 1252:52 at an encoded altitude of 6,000 feet mean sea level (msl) and a groundspeed of 190 knots. At 1253:40 the flight altitude was recorded as 6,100 feet msl and at 1254:28 the altitud
Probable cause
The loss of pitch control during cruise flight resulting from the separation of the stabilator trim actuator due to inadequate maintenenace.
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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.
