# Incident 20250124006189I: Piper PA-28R-200, Mountain Home, AR, January 24, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2025, 16:15 local time
- Place: Mountain Home, AR
- Airport: Baxter County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3689° N, 92.4705° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAXTER COUNTY (BPK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3689&lon=-92.4705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N149JL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N149JL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 428 total, 36 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250124006189I

## Narrative

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

THE INCIDENT AIRPLANE WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 28 AT BAXTER COUNTY AIRPORT (KBPK). UPON ADVANCING THE THROTTLE FOR TAKEOFF, A HEADSET WAS SITTING ON TOP OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GLARESHIELD. THE HEADSET SLID OFF THE GLARESHIELD AND HIT THE CO-PILOT CONTROL YOKE. THE PIC WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT. THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO RETRIEVE THE HEADSET FROM THE CONTROL YOKE AS THE AIRPLANE WAS ACCELERATING DOWN THE RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF. IN DOING SO, THE PIC ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE TO VEER TO THE LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY, CONTACTING A DIP IN THE GRASS PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY. THIS DIP IN THE GRASS CAUSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FORK AXLE TO BEND FROM THE INERTIA, RESULTING IN THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY RUBBING AGAINST THE NOSE FORK. THE PIC’S DECISION NOT TO SECURE HIS COCKPIT FOR FLIGHT RESULTED IN THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N149JL (1)

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

- [Incident 19990615013779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990615013779I), Jun 15, 1999: Piper PA28R200 (N149JL), Farmingdale, NY, Minor damage. Airman departed N71 for night VFR flight to frg at approx. 2147 local time aircraft landed at frg with the landing gear in the up position. There was no…

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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