- Date
- July 9, 1984, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hickory Ridge, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72439Cessna 337G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840709031079A
- Case key
- 33738
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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.
Analysis
The plt was on a business trip to Hickory Ridge, AR. He stated that he landed at wynne, AR, but could not rent an auto to proceed to Hickory Ridge. The FBO stated that there was a 3200 ft crop dusting strip at Hickory Ridge, so the plt elected to fly there. He made a straight-in apch & landed to the northeast. The strip consisted of 2000 ft of sod followed by 1200 ft of asphalt. The plt landed at the beginning of the asphalt portion of the rwy, then realized the hard portion was only 1200 ft long. He attempted to go around, but the acft overran the rwy & hit a ditch & power pole before coming to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72439
- Reported as
- Cessna 337G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33701585
- Airframe hours
- 3,700
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-G, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Evansville Plastics, Inc.,
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1984
- Departed
- M65 · Wynne, AR
- Airport
- Kieth (Private), runway 5, 3,200 × 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 241 total · 66 in this make and model · 167 as pilot in command · 204 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 68 °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.