# Accident 20070630011339A: Cessna 500CESSNA, Conway, AR, June 30, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2007, 14:48 local time
- Place: Conway, AR
- Airport: Dennis F Cantrell Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0814° N, 92.4331° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0814&lon=-92.4331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N771HR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N771HR-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 500 (registry code 2076602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 series (registry code 52060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-1-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 0 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07FA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070630011339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 30, 2007, AT 14:48 CDT, A CESSNA CITATION, CE-500, N771HR, WHILE ATTEMPTING AN ABORTED LANDING ON A WET RUNWAY, OVERRAN THE RUNWAY, AND COLLIDED WITH A BLAST FENCE AND A HOUSE AT THE CONWAY, ARKANSAS (KCWS) MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND A RESIDENT OF THE HOUSE SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES, WHILE THE SOLE PASSENGER AND ANOTHER RESIDENT OF THE HOUSE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PRIVATE/PERSONAL FLIGHT BY THE PILOT/OWNER UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS AT APPROXIMATELY 13:34 CFT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THIS RUNWAY (26) HAS A DISPLACED THRESHOLD LOCATED 1,638 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END. ACCORDING TO THE AIRPORT FACILITY DIRECTORY THIS DISPLACED THRESHOLD ONLY APPLIES TO NIGHT OPERATIONS. THIS DISPLACED THRESHOLD LEAVES 3,232 FEET OF REMAINING RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI07FA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA187), Jun 30, 2007: Cessna 500 (N771HR), Conway, AR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to fly a stabilized approach and his delayed decision to abort the landing. Contributing to the accident was the standing water on the runway.

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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