Piper PA-23-250 N500KW

Summary

On 12 January 2005 at about 22:55 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N500KW was involved in an accident near Eureka Springs, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 January 2005 at 22:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Eureka Springs, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Private Airstrip

Coordinates

36.4636, -93.8253

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N500KW

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Harrison → Eureka Springs

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI05FA053

1 person died.

The pilot misjudged his distance/speed which resulted in the overrun and subsequent impact with trees. The wet turf runway and the trees were factors in the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was destroyed, and the pilot fatally injured, when it impacted trees and subsequently burned after an overrun during landing. A witness reported that the airplane came into the private airstrip very fast and that the weather at the time consisted of a low ceiling, rain, and misting rain. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no pre-impact anomalies. Evidence of heavy braking and sliding of the tires on the wet, turf runway was observed leading to the main wreckage. Tire marks indicated that the airplane touched down with 1,523 feet of runway remaining. The total runway length was 1,981 feet. The dry runway landing distance over a 50 foot obstacle with no wind was determined to be about 1,400 feet for an aircraft weight of 4,000 pounds.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.