# NTSB MKC88FA089: Aero Commander 690A, N660RB, Little Rock, AR, May 17, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 17, 1988, 05:32 local (10:32 UTC)
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Coordinates: 34.729496, -92.230133 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7295&lon=-92.2301&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 19, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34494
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88FA089
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34494/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88FA089

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dawn (contributing factor)
  - descent - initiated
  - level off - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fatigue(lack of sleep), pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach

## Analysis

THE PLT HAD JUST RTRND FM VACATION IN THE BAHAMAS BFR STARTING A FLT FM LITTLE ROCK TO ATLANTA WITH AN INTERMEDIATE STOPAT MEMPHIS. THIS ITINERARY WAS FLWD BY A RTRN FLT TO LITTLE ROCK VIA A REVERSE ROUTING. WITNESSES RPRTD THE PLT SAID HE HAD ONLY 2 HRS OF SLEEP BFR DEPG LITTLE ROCK & THAT HE WAS REALLY TIRED. ALSO, COMPANY PSNL NOTED THE PLT LOOKED 'EXTREMELY TIRED' & WAS 'REALLY DRAGGING' PRIOR TO THE LAST LEG OF THE FLT FM MEMPHIS TO LITTLE ROCK. ACCORDING TO ATC PSNL, THE FLT WAS ROUTINE UNTIL THE ACFT WAS ARRIVING AT LITTLE ROCK. DRG ARRIVAL, THE PLT WAS CLRD TO DSCND FM 7000' TO 2000' AT HIS DISCRETION FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 22. AT 0522 CDT, THE PLT RPRTD THE ARPT IN SIGHT & WAS CLRD FOR A VISUAL APCH. ABT 4 MIN LATER, HE AGAIN RPRTD THE ARPT IN SIGHT & WAS CLRD TO LAND. AT 1031, RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST & THE ACFT CRASHED ABT 4 MI WEST OF THE ARPT. INITIAL IMPACT WAS IN AN OPEN FIELD WHILE DSCNDG IN A RELATIVELY LEVEL ATTITUDE. THE ACFT BCM AIRBORNE FOR ABOUT 3/4 MI, THEN CRASHED OUT OF CTL IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N660RB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N660RB-1991-03-21), registration cancelled 1991-03-21, S/N 11305 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 690A
- Registry model: [Rockwell International 690A](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-690a) (registry code 7630515) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 11305
- Airframe hours: 6577
- Engines: AIRESEARCH TPE-331 717 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Bankair Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, May 13, 1988, 69 hours before
- Departed: MEM, MEMPHIS, TN
- Destination: LIT, LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: LIT, Adams Field, runway 22, 7,173 × 150 ft

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 6,410 total, 1,562 in this make and model, 5,700 as pilot in command, 140 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: 60° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LIT, 4 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 19880517014849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880517014849A), May 17, 1988: Gulstm 690A, Little Rock, AR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Impacted ground at high speed on visual approach. Wreckage stopped on a river island. Pilot was extremely fatigued.

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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