# Incident 20160911015619I: Ryan NAVION A, Pine Bluff, AR, September 11, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2016, 16:50 local time
- Place: Pine Bluff, AR
- Airport: Grider Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2284° N, 92.0032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pine Bluff, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2284&lon=-92.0032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4859K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4859K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION A (registry code 6150162, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN NAVION A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160911015619I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1835 CDT, A NAVION A, N4859K, REGISTERED TO AVIATORS CLUBS, INC., LANDED AT THE GRIDER FIELD AIRPORT LOCATED IN PINE BLUFF, AR.  DURING ROLLOUT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE PROPELLER AND LOWER ENGINE COWL TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2016. AT 1800 CDT.

## Other reports on N4859K (1)

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

- [Incident 19990724018899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990724018899I), Jul 24, 1999: Tmpson NAVIONA (N4859K), Roanoke Rapids, NC, Minor damage. (-5)Pilot landed at uncontrolled field at night. Pilot could not turn on runway lights. Airplane struck VASI lights. Minor damage to aircraft.

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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