# Accident 19971024030939A: Piper PA-28RT-201, Hazen, AR, October 24, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1997, 19:12 local time
- Place: Hazen, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7804° N, 91.5700° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7804&lon=-91.5700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8146R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8146R-1999-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971024030939A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS MISSING AND WAS SUB OF AN ALNOT STATUS, WRECKAGE LOCATED ON 10/25/97, 2 POB SUFF FATAL INJ, HAZEN, AR. (-23) INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF ACCIDENT AROUND 1310, ARRIVED ON SCENE AND FOUND AIRCRAFT DESTROYED.  THERE WERE TWO FATALITIES.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND INVERTED, NO FIRE, AIRCRAFT PARTS WERE SCATTERED IN A 120 FT. AREA.  AIRCRAFT CLIPPED TOP OF FOUR TREES AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.  NTSB WAS NOTIFIED AS WELL AS THE COMM CENTER AND OFFICE MANAGER.  AT PRESENT TIME WE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 FTW98FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA031), Oct 25, 1997: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N8146R), Hazen, AR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Factors were the pilot's lack of total experience in the make and model of aircraft, the pilot's lack of total night flight experience, and the dark…

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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