# NTSB CEN10CA377: Aero Commander 100, N3792X, Jacksonville, AR, July 3, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 3, 2010, 08:45 local (13:45 UTC) - Place: Jacksonville, AR - Coordinates: 34.971111, -92.181945 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9711&lon=-92.1819&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 21, 2010 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 76558 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10CA377 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76558/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76558 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA377 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain an appropriate approach speed and his delayed decision not to initiate a go-around. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the airplane type. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Experience/qualifications: total experience w/ equipment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031025): Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Aero Commander 100, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031025/cases.md?model=0140202), [All aircraft, 269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031025/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Aero Commander 100, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=0140202), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Aero Commander 100, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=0140202), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Approach-VFR pattern final: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900); cases with it: [Aero Commander 100, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=0140202), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Aero Commander 100, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=0140202), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot stated that he had landed the airplane at the private airstrip one time and then he elected to attempt another approach and landing from a different direction. He flew a steeper approach than before and set the flaps to full and the power to idle. The airplane did not settle to the runway and kept floating. The pilot determined that he could not safely go around and elected to land in an area of brush near the runway. During the landing the airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no malfunctions with the airplane prior to the accident and that he had little experience in this type of airplane. ## Factual narrative The pilot stated that he had landed the airplane at the private airstrip one time and then he elected to attempt another approach and landing from a different direction. He flew a steeper approach than before and set the flaps to full and the power to idle. The airplane did not settle to the runway and kept floating. The pilot determined that he could not safely go around and elected to land in an area of brush near the runway. During the landing the airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no malfunctions with the airplane prior to the accident and that he had little experience in this type of airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3792X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3792X-2012-09-21), registration cancelled 2012-09-21, S/N 288, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 100 - Registry model: [Aero Commander 100](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-100) (registry code 0140202) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 288 - Engines: Lycoming O-320 SERIES 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Gene S. Carmical - Registered owner: Gene S. Carmical - Airworthiness certificate: Unknown - Departed: N/A, Jacksonville, AR - Destination: N/A, Jacksonville, AR - Flight plan: Unknown - Airport: N/A, Cheria Airport ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 75; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, unknown; flight hours: 2,145 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20100703037849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100703037849A), Jul 3, 2010: Aero Comman 100, Jacksonville, AR, Substantial damage. On July 3, 2010, at 0930 CST, an Aero commander, N3792X, registration pending to [privacy data omitted] attempted to land on a grass runway at Cheria Private… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 27, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76558. 55 KB in all. - Record of Conversation - pilot (item 1, .PDF, 55 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40333708&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20-%20pilot-Redacted.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.