# Accident 20071013832049A: Piper PA30, Lonoke, AR, October 13, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2007, 14:30 local time
- Place: Lonoke, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8139° N, 92.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8139&lon=-92.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8635Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8635Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071013832049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 13, 2007 N8635Y, A PIPER PA-30 OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AT LONOKE, AR.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK AIRPORT AND WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 FOR THE DAY VMC FLIGHT TO LONOKE, AR.  THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MAJOR DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND THE PIC REPORTED FLIGHT INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM ON-LINE RESOURCES AND LIT ATIS.  VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THIS IS AN UPGRADED 8020 FROM AN INCIDENT TO AN ACCIDENT.

## 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 CHI08CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA036), Oct 13, 2007: Piper PA-30 (N8635Y), Lonoke, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of the landing flare resulting in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N8635Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19741228043439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741228043439A), Dec 28, 1974: Piper PA30 (N8635Y), Sanibel, FL, Substantial damage. Hink sink rate,bounced ldg. Applied pwr,asymmetrical thrust occurred.

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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