# Incident 19960621032519I: Piper PA23160, Conway, AR, June 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1996, 12:00 local time
- Place: Conway, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0887° N, 92.4421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Conway, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0887&lon=-92.4421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4271P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4271P-2012-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960621032519I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 6/21/96, AT 1800Z OR ABOUT, A PIPER PA-23-160, N4271P, OPERATED BY JAMES B. BEARD, LOST POWER AND FEATHERED RIGHT ENGINE. PRIVATE PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN GRASS FIELD 2 MILES WEST OF TOAD SUCK NEAR HWY 60. PILOT LANDED GEAR DOWN WHICH RESULTED IN COLLAPSED NOSE AND MAIN LANDING GEARS. BOTH PROPS WERE DAMAGED WITH NO FIRE OR INJURIES. THE CAUSE OF RIGHT ENGINE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. 4. AIRMAN FAILED TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT DURING ONE (1) ENGINE OUT OPERATION 8. AIRMAN FAILED TO HAVE A CURRENT MEDICAL WHILE OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT. 9. PILOT OPERATED THE AIRCRAFT CONTRARY TO THE CERTIFICATE ISSUED AND APPLICABLE OPERATING LIMITATIONS.

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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