- Date
- June 14, 1982, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gould, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4531XPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820614027519A
- Case key
- 70854
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Terrain condition - high obstruction(s)Factor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experience
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The student pilot stated that he was making a landing over wires when he stalled and the aircraft nosed into the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4531X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7625050
- Airframe hours
- 1,355
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- John Rogers
- Registered owner
- John Rogers
- Departed
- Gould, AR
- Destination
- Gould, AR
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 18, 2,600 × 0 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 47 total · 8 in this make and model · 21 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 184° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 11 statute miles
- Temperature
- 183 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.