- Date
- October 15, 1983, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Prairie Grove, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N23PSBeech C24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831015054709A
- Case key
- 21184
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that about 15 min after takeoff, the radio & navigation equpment quit working. He decided to return to the arpt to land. However, when he tried to extend the gear, he could not get a safe gear down indication. There was heavy traffic, so he departed the traffic pattern to extend the gear. He extended the landing gear according to instructions in his acft handbook. He stated that as soon as the gear was extended, the eng lost power. The plt triedto glide the acft to a large field for landing, but was unable to reach it. He selected a smaller field & tried to make short field apch, but the flaps would not extend. Before the plt could stop the acft, it collided with a fence & a few small trees. During an exam of the acft, all electrical components operated normally & fuel was found in the fuel tanks. The eng was then started & it operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23PS
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-680
- Airframe hours
- 1,304
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Scheduled Skyways Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FYV · Fayetteville, AR
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 240 total · 24 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FYV, 8 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.