| Date: | Thursday 3 August 1972 |
| Time: | 9:50 LT |
| Type: | Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8245Y |
| MSN: | 30-1370 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Overbrook, Osage County, Kansas -
United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Topeka Regional Airport (FOE/KFOE) |
| Destination airport: | Henderson City-County Airport (KEHR/EHR) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) 03-08-1972 when flew into the ground at Overbrook, Kansas. Aircraft took off into known inclement weather. Observers saw aircraft diving out of clouds. All four persons on board (pilot and three passengers) were killed.
According to the NTSB report "pilot in command continued a VFR flight in adverse weather conditions, the pilot suffered spatial disorientation and aircraft made an uncontrolled descent into the ground"
Accident investigation:
|
|
| | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Report number: | MKC73AK012 |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | 6 months |
| Download report: | Final report
|
|
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MKC73AK012 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/about/employment/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=65687&key=0 2.
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=8245Y 3.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ks/N8245Y/ Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
| 27-Feb-2016 19:27 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Feb-2017 23:11 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, ] |
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:

CONNECT WITH US:
©2025 Flight Safety Foundation