- Date
- July 10, 1987, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Waldron, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5921UPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870710034289A
- Case key
- 34409
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Analysis
The plt said he was on a x-country for his commerical cert. He checked enroute wx for the return trip and was told VMC prevailed. However he rptd that he encountered haze & clouds. He let down to VMC but after he got in the clear all he could see was mountains and a field he thought he could land on. He elected to land on the field but during the landing the acft collided with a ditch and a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5921U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2826900
- Airframe hours
- 2,428
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- American Air Associates
- Registered owner
- Michael T. O Bannon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 12, 1986 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- ELD · El Dorado, AR
- Destination
- RVS · Tulsa, OK
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 112 total · 8 in this make and model · 36 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FSM, 40 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.