# Accident 20250116006199A: Piper PA-24-250, Bentonville, AR, January 16, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2025, 15:40 local time
- Place: Bentonville, AR
- Airport: Bentonville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3555° N, 94.2231° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3555&lon=-94.2231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6799P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6799P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,453 total, 545 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250116006199A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN25LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA081), Jan 16, 2025: Piper PA-24-250 (N6799P), Bentonville, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots’ mismanagement of the available fuel, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

## Other reports on N6799P (2)

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

- [Incident 20181001019389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181001019389I), Oct 1, 2018: Piper PA-24-250 (N6799P), Camden, SC, Minor damage. Pilot was distracted and failed to extend landing gear.
- [Incident 20040430006529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040430006529I), Apr 30, 2004: Piper PA24250 (N6799P), Columbia, SC, Minor damage. (-23) The following factors contributed to the gear up landing of N6799P, on may 1, 2004: 1. Mr. Lintner has approximately 3 hours in a Piper PA-24, in the…

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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