- Date
- October 7, 1973
- Place
- Pocahontas, AR · POCAHONTAS, AR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1073UPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731007033219A
- Case key
- 188551
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2916 73/10/7 POCAHONTAS,ARK PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 689 TIME - 2000 N1073U PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POCAHONTAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEMPHIS,TENN POCAHONTAS,ARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LND APPRX 2/3 DOWN RWY & SWERVED TO R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1073U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pocahontas
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.