# NTSB FTW82FPG09: Stampe Renard SV4B, N80243, Clarksville, AR, April 18, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: April 18, 1982, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Clarksville, AR
- Coordinates: 35.449645, -93.470611 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4496&lon=-93.4706&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report April 18, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70263
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82FPG09
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70263/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPG09

## 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
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, takeoff
  - lift-off - premature, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS PARTICIPATING IN A SPOT LANDING ACTIVITY AT A FLY-IN. HE STATED THAT HE MADE A POOR LANDING AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT LEFT AND OFF OF THE RUNWAY. IN ORDER TO MISS THE RUNWAY LIGHTS, HE ADDED POWER AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND. AFTER LIFT-OFF, HE LOWERED THE NOSE TO GAIN AIRSPEED, BUT THEN HAD TO PULL UP TO CLEAR TREES. AFTER CLEARING THE TREES, HE THOUGHT HE HAD SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED TO TURN AND RE-ENTER THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE BEGAN TO DETERIORATE. THE PILOT TRIED TO GO THROUGH A CLEARING WITH TREES ON EITHER SIDE. HOWEVER, THE PLANE STRUCK A TREETOP AND CRASHED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N80243 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: STAMPE RENARD SV4B
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 107564627819
- Airframe hours: 700
- Engines: GYPSY MOTH SERIES 8 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Gabe J. Rutherford
- Registered owner: Gabe J. Rutherford
- Departed: H35, CLARKSVILLE, AR
- Destination: H35, CLARKSVILLE, AR
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: H35, Clarksville Municipal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 238 total, 26 in this make and model, 191 as pilot in command, 90 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 144 °F

## 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 19820418009839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820418009839A), Apr 18, 1982: Nord STAMPESV4C, Clarksville, AR, Substantial damage. Bounced landing. Drifted off runway. Began goaround, stalled into trees turning downwind.

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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