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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28-140 · No Little Rock, AR · July 1, 1984

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
July 1, 1984, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
Place
No Little Rock, AR
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N44213Piper PA-28-140
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19840701029639A
Case key
33759

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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.

Hard landingLanding - flare/touchdown
Procedures/directives - not followedPilot in command
QualificationPilot in command
Flare - improperPilot in commandCause

Analysis

The pilot-in-command was hired by the student pilot/aircraft owner to perform the passenger flight. No experience or currency records are available on the PIC as he had not held an airman's medical certificate for the last four years. On landing at destination, the aircraft was leveled off about 10 ft in the air, stalled and landed hard damaging the landing gear.

Aircraft

Registration
N44213
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Category
Airplane
Serial number
28-7425395
Airframe hours
3,040
Engine
Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Charles E. Fowler
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
4M9 · Corning, AR
Airport
1M1 · Municipal, runway 17, 3,000 × 75 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
Certificate
Commercial
Airplane ratings
Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
Seat
Right

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
180° at 6 knots
Visibility
6 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
6,000 ft broken
Temperature
86 °F, dew point 59 °F
Altimeter
29.00 inHg
Observed at
LIT, 3 nm away

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 N44213 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.