Piper PA-32-300 accident near Danville, AR
On November 5, 2006, a Piper PA-32-300 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Danville, AR. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 5, 2006
- Place
- Danville, AR
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32-300 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.087°N, 93.427°W
- NTSB ID
- 20061108X01628
Official records · DFW07FA020
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 4, 2006, at 2320 central standard time, a single-engine Piper PA-32-300 airplane, N15852, struck a transmission line and was destroyed upon collision with terrain during a night forced landing following a reported loss of engine power during cruise flight near Danville, Arkansas. The commercial pilot and his 2 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was owned and operated by a partnership. Night visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed throughout the area for 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the 270-nautical mile cross-country flight that originated from Adams Field Airport (LIT), Little Rock, Arkansas, at 2244 with the Wiley Post Airport (PWA) near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as its original destination. According to Air Traffic Control data, the airplane was in cruise, level flight at an assigned altitude of 6,000 feet mean sea level (MSL), when the pilot reported "a rough running engine." The pilot subsequently reported "mayday, going down, on fire." The flight was last cleared by air traffic control for a visual approach to the Danville Municipal Airport (32A), Danville, Arkansas. The airplane was observed on radar to have deviated toward 32A. There were no eyewitnesses to the accident. The following morning, the burned-out wreckage of the airplane was located 3.6 miles east of the airport. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot, age 26, held a commercial pilot certificate with single-engine land, multi-engine land, and aircraft instrument ratings. In addi
Probable cause
Failure of the number 5 cylinder which resulted in oil starvation and the subsequent loss of engine power, and the pilot's inability to see the transmission line during the forced landing. Factors Contributing to the accident were the dark night and the transmission line.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
