- Date
- November 28, 1992, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Vilonia, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4405MPiper PA-12-108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921128048249A
- Case key
- 18622
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to execute a go-around.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
A private pilot attempted to land on the upsloping runway of a 1,200 foot private strip. The airplane landed long and over ran the runway impacting the upsloping terrain, trees and a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4405M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12-108 (J-3C)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-3355
- Airframe hours
- 1,709
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clark, Robert L. Jr
- Registered owner
- Clark, Robert L. Jr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1992 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- M03 · Conway, AR
- Airport
- runway 18, 1,200 × 90 ft, grass/turf
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 321 total · 214 in this make and model · 282 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 35 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.