N3234M
Accident Report
Date: 22-SEP-2009
Time: 09
Type: Piper PA-12
Owner/operator: Dolphin Sales, Inc.
Registration: N3234M
C/n / msn: 12-2113
Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: 5mls ENE of Columbia Regional Airport (COU), MO - United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature: Private
Departure airport: Montgomery-Wehrman Airport, MO (4MO)
Destination airport: Wichita, KS
Narrative:
A Piper PA-12, N3234M, sustained substantial damage when it impacted terrain about five miles east-northeast of the Columbia Regional Airport (COU), Columbia, Missouri. The private pilot, who was the sole occupant, received fatal injuries. The 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight had departed the Montgomery-Wehrman Airport (4MO), Montgomery City, Missouri, about 0845, and was en route to Wichita, Kansas. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was filed.