# NTSB FTW82DA168: Piper PA-34-200T, N47522, Harrison, AR, May 7, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 6, 1982, 19:15 local (May 7, 1982, 00:15 UTC)
- Place: Harrison, AR
- Coordinates: 36.240444, -93.109542 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2404&lon=-93.1095&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 6, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70972
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA168
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70972/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA168

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - buckled (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - window,flight compartment window/windshield - distorted
  - recovery from bounced landing - poor, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47522-1989-03-16), registration cancelled 1989-03-16, S/N 347770404 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-7770404
- Airframe hours: 1393
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820506014069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820506014069A), May 6, 1982: Piper PA34200T, Harrison, AR, Substantial damage. Landing gear and right rear spar bent during hard landing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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