# Accident 20070422005449A: Amtr SR3500MOOSE, Cotter, AR, April 22, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2007, 14:10 local time
- Place: Cotter, AR
- Airport: The Valley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3083° N, 92.5250° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3083&lon=-92.5250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N360MM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N360MM-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Murphy Aircraft Mfg SR3500 MOOSE (registry code 05615ZR, https://openairdocs.org/model/murphy-aircraft-mfg-sr3500-moose) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SR3500MOOSE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,542 total, 162 in this make and model, 268 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070422005449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 22, 2007 APPROXIMATELY 1410 LOCAL TIME AIRCRAFT N360MM, A MURPHY MOOSE SR3500, REGISTERED AS EXPERIMENTAL, AMATEUR BUILT AIRPLANE ARRIVED NORTH OF COTTER, AR ON 14 CFR PART 91 VFR FLIGHT FROM CLEARWATER, FL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BY A CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND WAS DESTROYED ON IPACT WITH TERRAIN DURING APPROACH TO THE VALLEY AIRPORT (61AR). A POST IMPACT FIRE OCCURRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. AT 1355, THE RECORDED WEATHER AT FLIPPIN, AR (FLP) (1 MILE N. OF FLIPPIN, AR) WAS: WINDS 160 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS GUSTING 20 KNOTS WIND DIRECTION 130V200, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, SKY CONDITION CLEAR, TEMPERATURE 24 DEGREE C, DEW POINT 9 DEGREES C, ALTIMETER 29.98 INCHES OF MERCURY.

## 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 CHI07LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA113), Apr 22, 2007: Murphy Aircraft Mfg SR3500 Moose (N360MM), Cotter, AR, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining airplane control and airspeed during the approach. Factors were the gusty wind conditions, the inadvertent stall the pilot encountered, and the power lines that were…

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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