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| Date: | Tuesday 12 October 1982 |
| Time: | 17:40 LT |
| Type: |  Mooney M20A |
| Owner/operator: | Amos Max Cox |
| Registration: | N8311E |
| MSN: | 1489 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2017 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Halstead, KS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kansas City, MO (MKC |
| Hallstead, KS | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING ARRIVAL, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM THE NORTHWEST. HE ESTIMATE IT WAS FROM 330 DEG AT 20, GUSTING 35 KTS. ON FINAL APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTEDLY UNSTABLE DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND TURBULENCE. THE PILOT OBSERVED AND WAS AWARE OF THE POWER LINES NEAR THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. HE STATED THAT AIRCRAFT SETTLED, POSSIBLY DUE TO WIND SHEAR, AND HE WAS THEN UNABLE TO AVOID THE LINES. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AND SEVERED THE POWER LINES AND THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE POWER LINES WERE NOT MARKED. BUT ORANGE FIBERGLASS BALLS WERE MOUNTED ON 35 FT POLES, ABEAM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MKC83FCQ01
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1960 | N8311E | private | 4 | Plain City 20 mi W of Columbus, OH | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Apr-2024 21:25 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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