Piper PA30 accident near Topeka, KS
On August 1, 2017, a Piper PA30 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Topeka, KS. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 1, 2017
- Place
- Topeka, KS
- Aircraft
- Piper PA30 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.069°N, 95.623°W
- NTSB ID
- 20170802X82400
Official records · CEN17FA297
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn July 31, 2017, about 2030 central daylight time, a Piper PA-30 airplane, N22HW, impacted terrain at Philip Billard Municipal Airport (TOP), Topeka, Kansas. The private pilot receiving instruction and the flight instructor sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces. The airplane was privately owned and was being operated by the private pilot as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and no flight plan was filed for the local flight, which originated from TOP. The pilot had been receiving instruction from the flight instructor in order to obtain an airplane multiengine land rating. The pilot's practical test (checkride) was scheduled for the next day, and the accident flight was a practice checkride. A witness stated that the pilot and flight instructor arrived separately at the TOP fixed base operator lobby about 1920. The pilot and flight instructor discussed the training flight and the airplane logbooks before departing for the hangar where the airplane was kept. The witness then heard the pilots make a radio transmission that the airplane was taxiing to runway 18 for takeoff. He subsequently saw the airplane pass the terminal building during the accident takeoff "very low and not climbing very fast." The airplane then turned left and appeared to conduct a normal traffic pattern. He did not witness the accident. A plot of engine parameters from the accident flight revealed left and right engine fuel flows that were approxim
Probable cause
The failure of the pilot and flight instructor to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering in the traffic pattern.
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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.
