- Date
- July 2, 1978
- Place
- Dermott, AR · DERMOTT, AR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8539CPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780702015959A
- Case key
- 141336
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1632 78/7/2 NR.DERMOTT,AR PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 455 TIME - 1215 N8539C PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DERMOTT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH LITTLE ROCK,AR DERMOTT,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INADVERTENTLY PULLED MIXTURE.HIT RICE LEVEE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8539C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dermott
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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.