# NTSB FTW83FPG02: Cessna R172K, N736QD, Near Paris, AR, November 12, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: November 11, 1982, 20:10 local (Nov 12, 1982, 02:10 UTC)
- Place: Near Paris, AR
- Coordinates: 35.280715, -93.719848 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2807&lon=-93.7198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 11, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71911
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83FPG02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71911/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FPG02

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - continued, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rising (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736QD-2013-05-07), registration cancelled 2013-05-07, S/N R1722697, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Registry model: [Cessna R172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (registry code 2072431) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R1722697
- Airframe hours: 1652
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821111058689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821111058689A), Nov 11, 1982: Cessna R172K, Paris, AR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crash occurred three-fourths of the way up a 2853 foot mountain in marginal VFR weather conditions.

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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