# Accident 19880930042509A: Beech D55, North Little Ro, AR, September 30, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1988, 20:35 local time
- Place: North Little Ro, AR
- Airport: North Little Rock Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HBLA
- Location: 34.8331° N, 92.2541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH LITTLE ROCK MUNI (ORK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8331&lon=-92.2541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7826R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7826R-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,715 total, 134 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC88FA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88FA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880930042509A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DESCENDED INTO TREES ON NIGHT MISSED APPROACH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC88FA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88FA183), Oct 1, 1988: Beech D55 (N7826R), N. Little Rock, AR, destroyed, 3 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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