# Accident 20141020020039A: Cgs Aviation LLC HAWK ARROW II SLSA, Lonoke, AR, October 20, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2014, 17:37 local time
- Place: Lonoke, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8228° N, 91.9939° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8228&lon=-91.9939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N916H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N916H-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: CGS HAWK ARROW II SLSA (registry code 069001X, https://openairdocs.org/model/cgs-hawk-arrow-ii-slsa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: HKS 700E (registry code 33777, https://openairdocs.org/engine/hks-700e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CGS AVIATION LLC HAWK ARROW II SLSA
- Reported engine: HKS 700E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,310 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141020020039A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 20, 2014, AT 1737 CST, A HAWK ARROW II SLSA, N916H, REGISTERED TO D_AIR ADVENTURE LLC AIRHEAD AVIATION LLC LANDED ON TOP OF TREES, LONOKE, ARKANSAS, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT COUNTRY AIR ESTATES AIRPARK (1AR9), WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT AND FELL APPROXIATELY 30 FEET.  HE DIED APPROXIATELY THREE HOURS LATER IN A HOSPITAL.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LONOKE, ARKANSAS (1AR9), ON OCTOBER 20, 2014 AT 1650 CST.

## 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 CEN15FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA022), Oct 20, 2014: CGS Hawk Arrow II Slsa (N916H), Lonoke, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control while turning onto the base leg of the traffic pattern due to his failure to maintain sufficient speed and/or overbanking, which resulted in the airplane…

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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