# Incident 20120906019059I: Able Joe R CHALLENGER 1, Paragould, AR, September 6, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2012, 18:30 local time
- Place: Paragould, AR
- Airport: Kirk Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0638° N, 90.5092° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KIRK FLD (PGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0638&lon=-90.5092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4050T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4050T-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Able Joe R CHALLENGER 1 (registry code 05625SZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/able-joe-r-challenger-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ABLE JOE R CHALLENGER 1
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120906019059I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2012, AT 1830 CDT, A CHALLENGER 1, N4050T, EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AT KIRK FIELD AIRPORT, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2012, AT 1750 CDT.

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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