- Date
- February 20, 1985, 13:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Mena, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8658EPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850220004089A
- Case key
- 33821
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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Ifr procedure - improperCause
Planned approach - not followedCause
Analysis
The pilot had been cleared for an instrument approach to themena, Arkansas intermountain regional airport. The airplane impacted a mountain side 8 1/2 miles off course.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8658E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7670165
- Airframe hours
- 1,861
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-EB1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Adler B. Seal
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 21, 1985 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- BTR · Baton Rouge, LA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- M39 · Intermountain Regional, runway 17, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
N8658ERegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Piper PA-34-200TAirframe modelPiper PA-34-200TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,550 total · 100 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FSM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.