- Date
- August 12, 1995, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeview, AR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34SJReims Cessna FR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950812023399A
- Case key
- 19534
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, and failure to maintain directional control. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point or abort the landing.
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
Witnesses at the airport observed the airplane coming in 'too fast and too high' to land on the 2,200 foot grass airstrip. They reported that the airplane touched down long and bounced 3 or 4 times. It subsequently departed the runway and came to rest among trees on the left side of the airstrip.
Factual narrative
On August 12, 1995 at 1345 central daylight time, a Cessna F182RG, N34SJ was substantially damaged while landing near Lakeview, Arkansas. The private pilot and his three passengers were not injured. The flight originated in Dallas, Texas, at approximately 1145. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal cross country flight, conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. A flight plan was not filed for the flight.
Witnesses at the private airstrip observed the airplane coming in "too fast and too high to land" on the 2,200 foot grass airstrip. According to witnesses interviewed by the Baxter County Sheriff Department and the Arkansas State Police, the airplane touched beyond the mid-field point on Runway 24, bounced 3 or 4 times before control was lost and the airplane departed the left side of the runway.
Before coming to rest on the left side of the airstrip, the airplane impacted light poles, four parked vehicles, and bushes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34SJ
- Reported as
- Reims Cessna FR182 (CESSNA FR1)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0054
- Airframe hours
- 777
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael T. Marshall
- Registered owner
- Mfp, Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 4, 1995 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- ADS · Dallas, TX
- Destination
- 3MO
- Airport
- 3M0 · Gaston'S Airport, runway 24, 2,200 × 50 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 240 total · 25 in this make and model · 170 as pilot in command · 112 in the last 90 days · 37 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.