# Accident 20140702012539A: Piper PA-30, Harrison, AR, July 2, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2014, 08:10 local time
- Place: Harrison, AR
- Airport: Boone County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0000° N, 93.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0000&lon=-93.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7762Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14FA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA337) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140702012539A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 2, 2014, AT 0810 CST, A PIPER TWIN COMMANCHE PA-30, N7726Y, AN UNREGISTERED AIRCRAFT,  CRASHED AT BOONE COUNTY AIRPORT, HARRISON, ARKANSAS, WHILE ON A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLIGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND IT IS UNKNOWN IF A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HARRISON, ARKANSAS, ON JULY 2, 2014, AT 0815 CST.  (THE PILOT IS CURRENTLY STILL IN THE HOSPITAL IN A COMA AND HAS BEEN ENTUBATED.  IT IS UNKNOWN IF HE WILL REGAIN CONSCIOUSNESS.)

## 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 CEN14FA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA337), Jul 2, 2014: Piper PA30 (N7762Y), Harrison, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control of the airplane during initial climb because he failed to correctly compensate for the loss of power in the left engine. Contributing to the accident was water…

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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