ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 354969
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| Date: | Saturday 6 December 1997 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8452P |
| MSN: | 26-27 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4014 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-720-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cairo, MO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Great Bend, KS (KGBD) |
| Topeka, KS (KTOP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot had climbed to 5,500 ft MSL & had trimmed the airplane at cruise power settings. He set the GPS navigation system for a direct flight, then engaged the autopilot & switched the fuel selector to the left auxiliary fuel tank. He remembered passing Herrington, KS, at which time, he set his radios for arrival at Topeka, Ks. From that point, he could not remember anything else about the flight until he 'awoke' in a flat hay field near Cairo, MO. (The airplane had touched down in a wings level attitude and slid about 525 ft before hitting a fence & small trees.) When the pilot 'initially awoke,' he was confused & thought he was still airborne. Eventually, he walked to a farm house & after waiting another 1 to 1-1/2 hr, an ambulance arrived to take him to a hospital. Subsequently, blood was drawn. Toxicology tests of his blood showed 26.8% saturation with carbon monoxide. Inspection of the airplane revealed the right muffler had a crack around one of its seams, which allowed exhaust fumes into the cabin heater housing & into the cabin. The airplane had recently been taken to an airplane service center for an annual inspection. The pilot decided to fly the airplane before the annual inspection had been signed off.
Probable Cause: a fractured muffler, failure of the owner/pilot to ensured that the annual maintenance inspection had been completed before flight, and subsequent pilot incapacitation due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI98LA055
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 March 1991 | N8452P | Robert & Donna Frayser | 0 | Fall River, MA | |
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| 12-Mar-2024 06:32 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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