Piper PA-28-181 accident near Umpire, AR
On June 13, 2010, a Piper PA-28-181 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Umpire, AR. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 13, 2010
- Place
- Umpire, AR
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-181 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 34.250°N, 94.167°W
- NTSB ID
- 20100613X50350
Official records · CEN10FA316
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Transcript of Weather Briefing: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 13, 2010, about 0930 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28-181, N6076H, was substantially damaged when the left wing failed in flight and the airplane impacted terrain approximately 6 miles west of Umpire, Arkansas. Marginal visual meteorological conditions (MVFR) prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot and three passengers on board the airplane were fatally injured. The cross-country flight originated at Helms/Sevier County Airport (DEQ), De Queen, Arkansas, approximately 0915, and was en route to Gaston's Resort Airstrip (3MO), Lakeview, Arkansas. At 0835, the pilot telephoned the Fort Worth, Texas, Automated Flight Service Station and said he needed "a standard or an abbreviated briefing and winds aloft at three and six" thousand feet. The pilot told the briefer that it looked "a little bit iffy" in De Queen and towards the northeast, and he needed to fly at fifty five hundred feet to clear 3,000-foot terrain ahead of him. He said he was more concerned about conditions on his return at 1430 that afternoon. The briefer told the pilot that Mena, AR, located 32 miles north of De Queen, was reporting MVFR conditions. A pilot at DEQ who watched the airplane take off told investigators that the sky was overcast and the surrounding mountain ridges were obscured. There were no witnesses to the accident. A local resident said he heard a low-flying airplane around 0930 and heard the sound of impact. He immediately notified
Probable cause
The pilot’s continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation.
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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.
