- Date
- December 21, 1979
- Place
- Pocahontas, AR · POCAHONTAS, AR
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5678SBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791221034849A
- Case key
- 132677
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2908 79/12/21 POCAHONTAS,AR BEECH A23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 1015 TIME - 1145 N5678S PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 623 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POCAHONTAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONWAY,AR POPLAR BLUFF,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5678S
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pocahontas
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.