- Date
- March 5, 1990, 10:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lonoke, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2927PPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900305003469A
- Case key
- 34939
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft. His lack of experience in the type of aircraft was a related factor.
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 attempting to take off in his newly purchased tail-wheel equipped acft, the commercial pilot lost directional control and it went through a fence & a ravine, then struck a levy. The acft sustained substantial damage to the wing, lift struts, landing gear and propeller. The plt suffered minor injuries. The plt had a total flight time of about two hours in this type of acft, which was received in the previous 24 hours.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2927P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3196
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B3A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Crissman, Robert S.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- 61M · Cotter, AR
- Airport
- NONE · Andreson Fld, runway 24, 3,500 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,922 total · 2 in this make and model · 1,834 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.