- Date
- July 12, 1978
- Place
- Mena, AR · MENA, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N404RCPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780712018669A
- Case key
- 141350
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1521 78/7/12 MENA,AR PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1015 N404RC PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 50, 3815 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 125 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MENA MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MENA,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N404RC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mena Municipal
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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.