- Date
- October 20, 1973
- Place
- Mena, AR · MENA, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5536WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731020032489A
- Case key
- 188479
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2924 73/10/20 MENA,ARK PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 50, 18 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N5536W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MENA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MENA,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- DID NOT FLARE,NOSE WHEEL CONTACTED THE RWY AT A SPEED HIR THAN NML.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5536W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mena
N5536WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.