- Date
- July 2, 1988, 17:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Beedeville, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5517WPiper PA-28-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880702024759A
- Case key
- 34497
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Probable cause
Intentional buzzing performed, visual outlook not maintained and over confidence in personal ability by the pilot in command.
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.
Analysis
While intentionally buzzing an acquaintance's rural residence, the aircraft collided with power lines, shearing the right wing, then descended uncontrolled to the terrain. No abnormalities were discovered in the airframe or powerplant during the post accident investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5517W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-606
- Airframe hours
- 1,445
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- S.H.C Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 3, 1987 · 165 hours before
- Departed
- Newport, AR
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JBR, 30 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.