Cessna 500 N771HR

Summary

On 30 June 2007 at about 19:50 local time, a Cessna 500 registered N771HR, operated by IHR Adminstrative Services, Inc., was involved in an accident near Conway, Arkansas, United States. 3 people were on board and one died, one had minor injuries. One person on the ground also died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 June 2007 at 19:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Conway, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Dennis F. Cantrell Field Arpt (KCWS)

Coordinates

35.0814, -92.4331

Aircraft

Cessna 500

Registration

N771HR

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

IHR Adminstrative Services, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wichita Falls → Conway

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI07FA187

1 person died, including 1 on the ground.

The pilot's failure to fly a stabilized approach and his delayed decision to abort the landing. Contributing to the accident was the standing water on the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The twin-engine turbojet airplane was attempting to land on a runway with standing water when the accident occurred. Before the landing attempt, the pilot was told that the runway was wet from a recent rain shower. Witnesses reported seeing the airplane on the runway traveling at a high speed and then increase engine power to abort the landing with about 1/4 of the runway remaining. The surviving passenger reported that the runway was "soaked and shiny with water." He stated that the airplane landed hard and fishtailed during the landing roll. During the aborted landing the airplane impacted a jet-blast deflector located off the departure end of the runway. The airplane then proceeded through the airport perimeter fence and impacted a residential structure before coming to a stop. The airplane and residential structure were destroyed during a postaccident fire. An examination of the airframe and engines did not reveal any anomalies associated with a preimpact failure or malfunction. The airplane was not equipped with thrust reversers or an anti-skid braking system. Radar track data analysis indicated that when the airplane was about 1/4 mile from the end of the runway it was approximately 16 knots above its target landing reference speed (Vref) and had a descent rate of 1,150 feet per minute. The runway was 4,875 feet long. The calculated landing distance for a runway with standing water is 4,789 feet.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.