# Accident 19990612045469A: Cessna 172D, Jonesboro, AR, June 12, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1999, 09:30 local time
- Place: Jonesboro, AR
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 35.8423° N, 90.7043° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jonesboro, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8423&lon=-90.7043&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2460Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2460Y-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990612045469A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JUNE 12, 1999, AT 0930 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172D AIRPLANE, N2460Y, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A HARD LANDING FOLLOWING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF FROM A GRASS AIRSTRIP NEAR JONESBORO, ARKANSAS. THE INSTRUMENT RATED COMMERICAL PILOT, AND HER THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND OPERATED BY SWINK AVIATION OF POCHONTAS, ARKANSAS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.

## 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 FTW99LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA167), Jun 12, 1999: Cessna 172D (N2460Y), Jonesboro, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and preparation, and her delayed aborted takeoff. Factors were the high density altitude and the tall grass on the airstrip.

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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