- Date
- May 6, 1982, 19:15 local (May 7, 1982, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Harrison, AR
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47522Piper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820506014069A
- Case key
- 70972
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During landing the aircraft porpoised and on the second bounce the nose gear assembly buckled, the windshield support buckled and the right windshield popped partially out of its channel. The pilot regained control and taxied in. The props and engine nacelles were wrinkled, the right main gear was bent and the right rear spar was also bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47522
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7770404
- Airframe hours
- 1,393
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Roxana Corporation
- Registered owner
- Roxana Corporation
- Departed
- Great Bend, KS
- Destination
- Berryville, AR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HRO · Boone County, runway 36, 6,161 × 100 ft, macadam
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,369 total · 3 in this make and model · 1,247 as pilot in command · 82 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 151 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.