MEC&F Expert Engineers : ANOTHER PIPER HITS THE DUST: 1 MAN WAS KILLED WHEN A PIPER PA-32-300 CHEROKEE SIX PLANE CRASHED NEAR THE CUBA, MO. AIRPORT ON SUNDAY MORNING.

Monday, June 15, 2015

ANOTHER PIPER HITS THE DUST: 1 MAN WAS KILLED WHEN A PIPER PA-32-300 CHEROKEE SIX PLANE CRASHED NEAR THE CUBA, MO. AIRPORT ON SUNDAY MORNING.




JUNE 14, 2015

CUBA, MO. (AP) 

The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirms one man is dead after a plane crash in northwestern Crawford County Sunday morning.

According to Sgt. Cody Fulkerson, the single engine Piper PA-32 crashed less than a mile north of the Cuba Municipal Airport around 7:45 a.m. after the aircraft disappeared from radar.

The pilot was identified as 54-year-old Jeffrey Hansen of St. Charles. Hansen and a dog were the only two on the plane when it crash and both were killed.
State Troopers indicated the plane crashed in a heavily wooded area and took out a large area of trees. Troopers said there was catastrophic damage to the plane and that the plane was in numerous pieces. One of the aircraft’s wings was found a quarter of a mile away from the crash site.

Eye witnesses said they heard what they believed to be engine trouble and saw the plane breaking up in the air.

According to a family spokesperson, Hansen sent a text message indicating he was flying through turbulence just before the crash.

State Troopers said they have secured the crash site so investigators from the FAA can investigate the crash.

Members from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are en-route from Dallas, Texas. They are expected to arrive sometime Sunday afternoon or evening.

According to the family, the man routinely flies from St. Louis to the Lake of the Ozarks where he has a lake home. Hansen was reportedly flying from Branson to St. Louis on Sunday.

Hansen was the owner of Hansen’s Tree Service and Environmental Wood Resources Inc.


Date:
14-JUN-2015
Time:
07:45
Type:
Owner/operator:
Limb-A-Nator LLC
Registration:
N2966X
C/n / msn:
42-7940233
Fatalities:
Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:
0
Airplane damage:
Substantial
Location:
Cuba Municipal Airport (KUBX), Cuba, MO - http://aviation-safety.net/database/country/flags_15/N.gif  United States of America
Phase:
Approach
Nature:
Private
Departure airport:
Branson (KBBG)
Destination airport:
Creve Couer (1H0)

Narrative:

The aircraft experienced an inflight breakup and subsequent impact with wooded terrain north of Cuba Municipal Airport (KUBX), Cuba, Missouri. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the sole pilot onboard received fatal injuries. 

Weather may have been a factor to the accident.

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