# NTSB FTW84LA097: Beech A-36, N2149L, Harrison, AR, December 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 13, 1983, 17:13 local (23:13 UTC)
- Place: Harrison, AR
- Coordinates: 36.240451, -93.110992 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2405&lon=-93.1110&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21234
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21234/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA097

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - procedures/directives - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT ENTERED AN AREA OF ICING AND DID NOT NOTIFY THE ATC CENTER OF THE ICING PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH AN EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED THE PLT DID SAY HE COULD NOT CLIMB TO AN ASSIGNED ALT AFTER DESCENDING TO TRY AND LOSE ICE ACCUMULATION. DURING THE LANDING THE ACFT STALLED DURING A HIGH FLARE (15 FT) AND THE ACFT MADE A HARD LANDING FOLLOWED BY A GROUNDLOOP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2149L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2149L), registered now, S/N E-898, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech A-36
- Registry model: [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (registry code 1151604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E-898
- Airframe hours: 1885
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-BA 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ray A. Pearson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 15, 1983
- Departed: FSM, FORT SMITH, AR
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: HRO, Boone County, runway 18, 6,159 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,782 total, 40 in this make and model, 1,700 as pilot in command, 256 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 600 ft overcast
- Temperature: 37 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: HRO

## 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 19831213062539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831213062539A), Dec 13, 1983: Beech A36, Harrison, AR, Substantial damage. Unable to hold altitude due to airframe ice. Left wing stalled on short final. Impact on runway then ran into ditch

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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