- Date
- March 23, 1984, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wilson, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N565CAPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 33646
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - softFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - inadequateFactor
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Judgment - poorCause
Nose over
Analysis
The acft nosed over during takeoff after hitting a soft spot in the rwy. The takeoff area was a private grass airstrip 1300 ft long. The plt said he had no control of the acft after hitting the soft dirt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N565CA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-24028
- Airframe hours
- 1,998
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jim L. Mccullar
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 12, 1983
- Airport
- Private, runway 9, 1,300 × ft, grass/turf
N565CARegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,223 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F