# Incident 20111018024799I: Piper PA-28-180, Harrison, AR, October 18, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2011, 18:29 local time
- Place: Harrison, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2426° N, 93.1176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harrison, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2426&lon=-93.1176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4517T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4517T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 67 total, 62 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111018024799I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 18, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 LOCAL, PIPER PA-28-180, N4517T, SERIAL # 28-7205177 WAS DECENDING TO BOONE COUNTY AIRPORT (HRO) IN HARRISON, AR WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER ABOUT 1/4 MILE FROM THE RUNWAY 36. THE PILOT INITIATED A LEFT TURN AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A COWFIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY ROLLED THROUGH A BARBED WIRE FENCE BEING HELD UPRIGHT BY "T" POSTS AND SMALL TREE TRUNKS.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH WING LEADING EDGES AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS CANTED TO THE RIGHT FROM THE IMPACT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 270 FEET FROM IMPACT AND STOPPED AT A HEADING OF 241 DEGREES. NEITHER THE PRIVATE RATED PILOT NOR THE SINGLE PASSENGER WERE INJURED.  THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN TERMINATED APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES PRIOR TO IMPACT.

## Other reports on N4517T (2)

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

- [Incident 20110311005249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110311005249I), Mar 11, 2011: Piper PA-28-180 (N4517T), Springfield, MO, Minor damage. The torque link attach fittings of the right main gear upper strut (identified by Piper in the ipc as a cylinder) broke. This allowed the lower strut and wheel…
- [Incident 19960209004139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960209004139I), Feb 9, 1996: Piper PA28180 (N4517T), Kansas City, MO, Minor damage. Narrative: two kc FSDO inspectors were on the executive Beech FBO ramp inspecting an airplane when N4517T was observed taxiing into the ramp with its left main…

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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