- Date
- July 23, 1982, 19:30 local (Jul 24, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Poyen, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5637FAlon A2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820723037959A
- Case key
- 72303
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
As the pilot approached his destination, malverne, AR, he descended into hazy conditions under a cloud layer. As he continued, he mistook Poyen, AR for malverne. He was unable to find the airport and elected to make a precautionary landing before dark. He stated that he did not want to run out of fuel and then have to make an emergency landing at night. While landing on a dirt road in a pasture, the nose gear collapsed when the aircraft hit a tree stump.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5637F
- Reported as
- Alon A2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A-237
- Airframe hours
- 686
- Engine
- Continental C90-16F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Perry D. Roberts
- Registered owner
- Perry D. Roberts
- Departed
- Dallas, TX
- Destination
- Malverne, AR
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 130 total · 120 in this make and model · 91 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.