- Date
- October 9, 1971
- Place
- West Memphis, AR · WEST MEMPHIS, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4447Harvard MK IV
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164057
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4369 71/10/9 WEST MEMPHIS,ARK HARVARD MK IV CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1440 N4447 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 49, 10250 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 850 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST MEMPHIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEMPHIS,TENN WEST MEMPHIS,ARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- L X-WIND GUSTING TO 18K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4447
- Reported as
- Harvard MK IV
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- West Memphis
N4447Registered now · Canadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IVAirframe modelCanadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IVEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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