# Accident 19990916047539A: Cessna 172K, Mountain Home, AR, September 16, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1999, 20:30 local time
- Place: Mountain Home, AR
- Airport: Baxter County Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3300° N, 92.3694° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3300&lon=-92.3694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84697, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84697-2001-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 22 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA260) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990916047539A

## Narrative

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

(.4) DARK NIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. DURING THE LANDING AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT (NON-TOWERED), THE PRIVATE PILOT CONFUSED THE LIGHTED RUNWAY AND LIGHTED PARALLEL TAXIWAY AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON THE GRASS BETWEEN THE TAXIWAY AND THE RUNWAY. ALTHOUGH HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY CROSSOVER DURING THE ABORTED LANDING. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND OVERTURNING. THE PILOT'S TOTAL FLIGHT TIME WAS 99.5 HOURS. HE HAD 5.3 HOURS TOTAL NIGHT FLIGHT TIME OF WHICH 2.1 HOURS WERE PIC FLIGHT TIME. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY 'MORE TRAINING ON NIGHT TIME OPERATIONS.' (-23) THE PILOT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND HE BECAME "CONFUSED" BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY LIGHTS. HE LANDED IN THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY AND THEN TRIED TO RETURN TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT AND "FLIPPED OVER" ON ITS BACK.

## 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 FTW99LA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA260), Sep 17, 1999: Cessna 172K (N84697), Mountain Home, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain runway alignment. Factors were the dark night conditions, an embankment, and the pilot's lack of total experience flying at night.

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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