# Accident 19990102000029A: Piper PA-32R-300, El Dorado, AR, January 2, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1999, 06:40 local time
- Place: El Dorado, AR
- Airport: Goodwin Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Location: 33.3601° N, 92.7295° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3601&lon=-92.7295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7676C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7676C-1999-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990102000029A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED FOR AN ILS APPROACH INTO EL DORADO AND CHANGED TO ADVISORY FREQUENCY AT APPROXIMATELY 1214:50. NO FURTHER COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE WITH ACFT. (-23)ON JANUARY 2, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 0645 LOCAL TIME, N7676C, A PIPER PA-32 CRASHED IN THE VICINITY OF SMACKOVER, AR.  THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT PORTION OF THE STABILATOR WAS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO IMPACT.  IT WAS FURTHER DISCOVERED THAT THE OUT BOARD LEFT PORTION OF THE STABILATOR IMPACTED A TREE, CAUSING SEPARATION OF THE LEFT HALF OF THE STABILATOR. THE PILOT, WHO WAS FATALLY INJURED, FILED A IFR FLIGHT PLAN, DEPARTED ARKADELPHIA, AR ENROUTE TO EL DORADO, AR.  THE PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR THE ILS 22 APPROACH AT GOODWIN AIRPORT, EL DORADA, AR, INSTRUCTED TO REPORT ESTABLISHED AND CONTACT WITH THE AIRPORT.  THE PILOT FAILED TO CANCEL HI FLIGHT PLAN AND FAILED TO LAND AT HIS DESTINATION.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS LATER HEARD AND SEEN IN TH VICINITY OF THE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT, WHERE THE PILOT NORMALLY PARKED HIS AIRCRAFT WHILE AT WORK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY SIX MILES NORTH OF THE EL DORADO VOR.  THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE                                                                   ACCIDENT VARIED BETWEEN TOTALLY OBSCURED TO 600 FEET OVERCAST, 1/2 MILE VISIBILITY.

## 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 FTW99FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA060), Jan 2, 1999: Piper PA-32-300R (N7676C), Smackover, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's spatial disorientation resulting in a loss of control of the airplane and the ensuing stall/spin. Factors were the low ceilings and the night condition.

## Other reports on N7676C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930122000859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930122000859A), Jan 22, 1993: Piper PA32R300 (N7676C), El Dorado, AR, Substantial damage. Wing struck tree on night landing,impact severed outer wing and ruptured fuel tank. Circled. Landed on runway 22.

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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