- Date
- March 8, 1993, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marshall, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8696DPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930308007369A
- Case key
- 18718
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Probable cause
The pilots failure to maintain directional control. A factor was the fence post.
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
During landing the pilot lost directional control and ran off the runway and down a sloped area. After it left the runway the airplane struck a fence post.
Factual narrative
On March 8, 1993, at approximately 1000 central standard time (CST), a Piper PA 18, N8696D, was substantially damaged during landing at the Searcy County Airport, Marshall, Arkansas. The private pilot was not injured during the visual meteorological conditions flight from N. Little Rock, Arkansas. John Mistak is the registered owner.
It was reported to the Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Standards District Office, that the airplane struck a tree after departing the runway following touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8696D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-6306
- Airframe hours
- 2,715
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mistak, John
- Registered owner
- Mistak, John
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1993 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- 1M1 · N. Little Rock, AR
- Airport
- 6MD · Searcy County, runway 33, 2,400 × 48 ft, asphalt
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 384 total · 7 in this make and model · 333 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 280° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8696D · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.