Piper PA-22-150 N6079D

Summary

On 22 August 1987 at about 22:10 local time, a Piper PA-22-150 registered N6079D, operated by Amos Aviation, Inc, was involved in an accident near Batesville, Arkansas, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 August 1987 at 22:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Batesville, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Regional (BVX)

Coordinates

35.7603, -91.6200

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-150

Registration

N6079D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Amos Aviation, Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Newport

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC87FA165

3 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRPLANE WAS AT MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT AT TAKEOFF. THE FIELD ELEVATION WAS 613 FEET AND THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS 3300 FEET. THERE WERE TWO RUNWAYS AVAILABLE. RUNWAY 25 WAS 6002 FEET LONG AND HAD A SLIGHT HEADWIND FROM THE SOUTHWEST. RUNWAY 35 WAS 3320 FEET LONG AND HAD A LIGHT QUARTERING TAILWIND/CROSSWIND FROM THE LEFT. THE PILOT SELECTED RUNWAY 35 FOR TAKEOFF. ONE WITNESS REPORTED THE AIRPLANE FLYING 10 TO 15 FEET AGL ABOUT MIDWAY OF THE RUNWAY IN A SLIGHTLY NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE, BUT NOT CLIMBING. THE AIRPLANE WENT BELOW HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINES AND HIT A LARGE TELEPHONE CABLE. IT THEN HIT ALMOST STRAIGHT DOWN ON A HIGHWAY AND STARTED BURNING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.