What happened
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On January 16, 2025, at approximately 15:20 CST, a Piper PA-24-250, privacy data omitted, sustained substantial damaged after a forced landing in a field approximately 1/2 mile northwest of the Bentonville Arkansas, municipal airport (kvbt). The flight originated from the farmington airport (kfam) in Missouri. The aircraft descended from 6,500 feet and leveled out at approximately 2,300 feet, and the landing gear was extended to start procedures for a traffic pattern to kvbt airport for a downwind runway 36 landing. At approximately one mile out from kvbt, the pilot pulled the engine power back to 50% to set a slow approach and instantly lost all power. After attempts to restart the engine failed, attempts were made by selecting back and forth from fuel tank to fuel tank, but got no response. The pilot noticed approaching powerline wires that lined 14th street and pulled the flight controls full back to clear the power lines. The aircraft cleared the power lines but went into a stall. The pilot nosed the aircraft back over and turned the aircraft towards a small field northwest of the airport. As the aircraft approached the field, the pilot pulled back on the flight controls to flare the aircraft. The aircraft made impact with the ground approximately 60 yards into the field. The previously deployed landing gear initially made right gear first contact and callapsed, then left gear contact and callapsed. The aircraft skid on the back two callapsed landing gear for approximately 20 feet before the nose of the aircraft slammed into a mudy area of the field. The nose landing gear collapsed and the aircraft came to an abrupt stop. The pilot flew under a commercial pilot license and a second-class medical certificate.
As the FAA filed it
ON JANUARY 16, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:20 CST, A PIPER PA-24-250, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED AFTER A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE BENTONVILLE ARKANSAS, MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KVBT). THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE FARMINGTON AIRPORT (KFAM) IN MISSOURI. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED FROM 6,500 FEET AND LEVELED OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 2,300 FEET, AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED TO START PROCEDURES FOR A TRAFFIC PATTERN TO KVBT AIRPORT FOR A DOWNWIND RUNWAY 36 LANDING. AT APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE OUT FROM KVBT, THE PILOT PULLED THE ENGINE POWER BACK TO 50% TO SET A SLOW APPROACH AND INSTANTLY LOST ALL POWER. AFTER ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE ENGINE FAILED, ATTEMPTS WERE MADE BY SELECTING BACK AND FORTH FROM FUEL TANK TO FUEL TANK, BUT GOT NO RESPONSE. THE PILOT NOTICED APPROACHING POWERLINE WIRES THAT LINED 14TH STREET AND PULLED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS FULL BACK TO CLEAR THE POWER LINES. THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED THE POWER LINES BUT WENT INTO A STALL. THE PILOT NOSED THE AIRCRAFT BACK OVER AND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TOWARDS A SMALL FIELD NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE FIELD, THE PILOT PULLED BACK ON THE FLIGHT CONTROLS TO FLARE THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT MADE IMPACT WITH THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 60 YARDS INTO THE FIELD. THE PREVIOUSLY DEPLOYED LANDING GEAR INITIALLY MADE RIGHT GEAR FIRST CONTACT AND CALLAPSED, THEN LEFT GEAR CONTACT AND CALLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SKID ON THE BACK TWO CALLAPSED LANDING GEAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET BEFORE THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT SLAMMED INTO A MUDY AREA OF THE FIELD. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE PILOT FLEW UNDER A COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENSE AND A SECOND-CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.
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