# NTSB MKC84FA285: Piper PA-22-108, N4722Z, Wilmot, AR, September 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: September 28, 1984, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Wilmot, AR
- Coordinates: 33.0498, -91.570739 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0498&lon=-91.5707&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33557
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84FA285
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33557/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA285

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - low pass - intentional, pilot in command
  - pull-up - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s)
- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

WITNESSES STATED, ACFT WAS SEEN CIRCLING OVER FARMLAND AND DURING THE THIRD CIRCLE IT DESCENDED TOWARD A BRICK HOUSE. THE ACFT WAS SEEN TO PULL-UP AT WHICH TIME IT CONTACTED THE TOP OF A SYCAMORE TREE IN A LEFT BANK. THE ACFT CONTINUED AN ADDITIONAL 230 FT STRIKING SEVERAL MORE TREES ALONG ITS PATH. THE ACFT THEN CONTACTED THE GROUND IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE OF APRX 60 DEG.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4722Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4722Z-1989-07-25), registration cancelled 1989-07-25, S/N 228267 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-108
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-108](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (registry code 7102204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-8267
- Airframe hours: 2837
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-C1B 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Wilmot Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 29, 1984, 22 hours before
- Departed: WILMOT, AR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, expired; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 321 total, 18 in this make and model, 278 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19840928052359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840928052359A), Sep 28, 1984: Piper PA22108, Wilmot, AR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot was buzzing in vicinity of friends farmland. Aircraft hit trees and crashed.

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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