# NTSB MKC84LA233: Piper PA-28-140, N44213, No Little Rock, AR, July 1, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 1, 1984, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: No Little Rock, AR
- Coordinates: 34.840309, -92.32965 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8403&lon=-92.3297&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33759
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA233
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33759/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA233

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command
  - qualification, pilot in command
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44213-2012-11-29), registration cancelled 2012-11-29, S/N 28-7425395, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7425395
- Airframe hours: 3040
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840701029639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840701029639A), Jul 1, 1984: Piper PA28140, North Little Ro, AR, Substantial damage. Flared too high and landed hard. Landing gear attachment bolts sheared off. Pilot denied medical in 1978.

## Other investigations on N44213 (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC87FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87FA094), Apr 29, 1987: Piper PA-28-140 (N44213), Neelyville, MO, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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