- Date
- November 11, 1982, 20:10 local (Nov 12, 1982, 02:10 UTC)
- Place
- Near Paris, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N736QDCessna R172K
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821111058689A
- Case key
- 71911
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Analysis
The plt & pax were on a flt from amarillo, TX to little rock, AR. An enroute stop was made at haskell, ok at appr 1900 to refuel. The owner of the afpt at haskell stated that the plane arrived in a fairly heavy rainstorm. At that time, a winter type cold front was moving east thru Texas, Oklahoma & Arkansas. Numerous thunderstorms & heavy rainstorms were present & a tornado watch was in effect from 2130 to 0100 for eastern Oklahoma and west Arkansas. The arpt owner suggested waiting over night & offered accomodations, but said the plt & pax were in a hurry. Reportedly, rain was falling quite heavily when they went to the acft. They waited until the storm subsided then tkof; however, their planned route would have taken them thru the same storm. At apprx 2010 a witness Near the crash site heard variations in engine pwr. He went outside & observed the plane apprx 10 to 15 sec bfr it went out of sight then heard on explosion & saw a fireball when the plane hit a mtn side at ngt. No preimpact engine failure was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736QD
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722697
- Airframe hours
- 1,652
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-K, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Clyde E. White
- Registered owner
- Clyde E. White
- Departed
- AMA · Haskel, OK
- Destination
- LIT · Little Rock, AR
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 709 total · 709 in this make and model · 524 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 20 knots
- Observed at
- 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.