Skip to content

MKC84LA248

1984-08-12 · BRANSON, Missouri, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport PLK

Current FAA registration · N8289A

Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-161
Year of manufacture
1980 · 4 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19801014
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB5227

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED CAUSED THE ACFT TO FLOAT ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE RWY PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. A GO-AGROUND WAS INITIATED WITH THE ADDITION OF POWER BUT THE PLT THEN ELECTED TO ATTEMPT TO STOP DUE TO LOW AIRSPEED AND MINIMAL RWY REMAINING. THE PLT THEN APPLIED BRAKES AND GUIDED THE ACFT INTO GRASS AND GRAVEL OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY. THE ACFT CAME TO A STOP WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TWO PARKED UNMANNED ACFT. A 90 DEG CROSSWIND AT 9 KTS AND DENSITY ALT OF APRX 3000 FT EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_MKC84LA248.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Search this event elsewhere

External sources are reported, not agency: signal that something happened, not fact about what happened.