# Accident 20050112000329A: Piper PA23250, Busch, AR, January 12, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2005, 16:53 local time
- Place: Busch, AR
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4636° N, 93.8253° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4636&lon=-93.8253&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500KW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500KW-2007-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 225 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050112000329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) 1/12/05, 1645, AIRCRAFT N500KW, PA-23-250, LANDED LONG AND FAST AT A PRIVATE GRASS AIRFIELD NEAR BUSCH, AR. THE SOLO FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATED BY PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN HARRISON AR. WITH NO WEATHER BRIEFING. WITNESSES SAW THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA ^ AIRCRAFT LAND LONG AND FAST IN MISTY RAIN. THE ROLLOUT ENDED QUICKLY WHEN AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREE AND BURST INTO FLAMES DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT. THE ACCIDENT WAS FATAL FOR THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^.

## 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 CHI05FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA053), Jan 12, 2005: Piper PA-23-250 (N500KW), Eureka Springs, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot misjudged his distance/speed which resulted in the overrun and subsequent impact with trees. The wet turf runway and the trees were factors in the accident.

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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