- Date
- January 2, 1982, 00:00 local (06:00 UTC)
- Place
- Little Rock, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9779LBeech 19
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820102000679A
- Case key
- 71445
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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
The aircraft departed north Little Rock airport sometime after 1745 and was not seen or heard from again. At approximately 1900 a witness 5 miles from the airport heard the sound of a light aircraft increasing and decreasing power just before the sound of impact. The aircraft hit the ground in an almost straight nose down attitude. The pilot's wife stated the directional gyro or gyro compass was not working properly & the plt & pax left home between 1400 & 1500 to work on it.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9779L
- Reported as
- Beech 19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB536
- Airframe hours
- 4,668
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- R. F. Rockwell
- Registered owner
- R. F. Rockwell
- Departed
- Little Rock, 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 153 total · 4 in this make and model · 102 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 115 °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.