# NTSB MKC88LA181: Beech 77, N67572, Friendship, AR, September 28, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 28, 1988, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Friendship, AR
- Location: 34.2243° N, 93.0037° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Friendship, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2243&lon=-93.0037&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 19, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34647
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA181
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34647/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA181

## Sequence of events

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

- Forced landing, landing
  - emergency procedure - simulated
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - crew/group coordination - inadequate (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE CFI RPRTD HE WAS DEMONSTRATING AN EMERGENCY LANDING TO A PVT RATED PLT & CONFUSION (ABOUT WHO WAS FLYING THE ACFT) RESULTED IN A COMMITMENT TO LAND. THE LANDING WAS MADE ON A GRAVEL ROAD. DURING THE ROLL-OUT, THE ACFT VEERED INTO A DITCH & WAS DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N67572](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67572-1989-09-12), registration cancelled 1989-09-12, S/N WA105 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- Registry model: [Beech 77](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (registry code 1153007) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: WA 105
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Central Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner: Central Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: M89, ARKADELPHIA, AR
- Destination: M89
- Airport: NONE

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 515 total, 390 in this make and model, 497 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: HOT, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880928045849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880928045849A), Sep 28, 1988: Beech 77, Friendship, AR, Substantial damage. Confusion as to PIC on practice forced landing,carried too FAR,was forced to land on a road,veered off into a ditch

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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