# NTSB MKC88FA183: Beech D55, N7826R, N. Little Rock, AR, October 1, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: September 30, 1988, 20:35 local (Oct 1, 1988, 01:35 UTC)
- Place: N. Little Rock, AR
- Location: 34.7695° N, 92.2671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7695&lon=-92.2671&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34507
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88FA183
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34507/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88FA183

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, missed approach (ifr)
  - object - tree(s)
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - missed approach - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - climb - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dark night
- In flight collision with terrain/water, missed approach (ifr)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven

## Analysis

THE PILOT HAD BEEN EXECUTING A VOR/DME RWY 35 INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO NORTH LITTLE ROCK MUNI (1M1). THE PIC CALLED 'MISSED APPROACH' A SHORT TIME AFT HAVING BEEN CLRD TO EXECUTE THE INSTRUMENT APPRCH. APPRCH CONTROL ATTMPTD TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PIC AFTER HEARING THE CALL, BUT NO REPLY WAS RCVD BY THEM. APPRCH CONTROL MADE OTHER ATTMPTS, WHICH WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. SEVERAL WITNESSES STATED THAT THE ACFT WAS HEARD & OBSVRD FLYING AT A VERY LOW LEVEL, AT A FAST SPD IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. THE NML MISSED APPRCH PROCEDURE RQRS THE PIC TO IMMEDIATELY CLMB AND COMPLT THE PUBSHD PROCEDURE. WX RPTD FOR THE APPRCH WAS BELOW THE (MDA) FOR THIS APPRCH. IFR WX HAD PRVLD IN THE AREA MOST OF THE DAY, WITH INTERMITTENT MODERATE TO LT RAIN. THE ACFT IMPACTED TREES AND TERRAIN IN A WINGS LVL ATTITUDE, 2.8 MI NORTHWEST OF THE APPRCH END OF RWY 35.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7826R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7826R-2014-11-19), registration cancelled 2014-11-19, S/N TE-669, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Registry model: [Beech D55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (registry code 1152730) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TE-669
- Airframe hours: 2843
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: Argenta Air, Inc.
- Registered owner: Argenta Air, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 4, 1988
- Departed: FYV, FAYETTEVILLE, AR
- Destination: NLR, N. LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 1M1

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,715 total, 134 in this make and model, 1,648 as pilot in command, 125 in the last 90 days, 34 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 400 ft overcast
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LIT, 10 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 19880930042509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880930042509A), Sep 30, 1988: Beech D55, North Little Ro, AR, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Descended into trees on night missed approach.

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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