# NTSB FTW83LA181: Cessna 320D, N888Q, Carlisle, AR, April 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 7, 1983, 20:15 local (Apr 8, 1983, 02:15 UTC)
- Place: Carlisle, AR
- Location: 34.8082° N, 91.7121° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CARLISLE MUNI (4M3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8082&lon=-91.7121&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20857
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA181
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20857/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA181

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - runway (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - misjudged, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - visual/aural perception (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - misjudged, dual student (cause)
  - visual/aural perception (contributing factor)
  - checklist - not performed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - checklist - not performed, dual student (cause)

## Analysis

A PRIVATE PILOT WAS RECEIVING MULTI-ENGINE TRAINING FROM A CFI WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE CFI PULLED THE RIGHT THROTTLE BACK FOR ENGINE OUT TRAINING AND THE ACFT PROCEEDED AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE PILOT THINKS HE MOVED THE GEAR SELECTOR FROM UP TO NEUTRAL INSTEAD OF DOWN AND DID NOT CHECK THE LANDING GEAR POSITION INDICATOR LIGHTS. AS THE LANDING FLAIR WAS STARTED, AND THE PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY, THE CFI PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN. THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS BLOWING THRU OUT THE APPROACH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N888Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 320D0029
- Airframe hours: 4200
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSI0-520B 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Grand Prairie Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, February 18, 1983, 20 hours before
- Departed: LIT, LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Airport: 4M3, Carlisle, runway 36, 4,500 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,480 total, 8 in this make and model, 2,294 as pilot in command, 116 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 45° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

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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