Piper PA38 accident near Franklin, AR
On November 30, 2020, a Piper PA38 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Franklin, AR. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 30, 2020
- Place
- Franklin, AR
- Aircraft
- Piper PA38 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 36.178°N, 91.772°W
- NTSB ID
- 20201130102352
Official records · CEN21LA070
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC Recording: Audio recording (WAV), on ntsb.gov
- Partial Transcript Of ATC Recordings: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn November 30, 2020, at 1213 central standard time, a Piper PA-38-112 airplane, N9879T, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Franklin, Arkansas. The flight instructor and the private pilot receiving instruction were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data were obtained for the accident flight, which is overlaid on Google Earth in Figure 1. The airplane departed Country Air Estates Airport (1AR9), Lonoke, Arkansas, at 0931, made a short flight to Carlisle Municipal Airport (4M3), Carlisle, Arkansas, and arrived at 0946. The airplane remained at 4M3 for about 16 minutes before it departed at 1002. The airplane then traveled about 100 nautical miles (nm) north-northwest, turned to a northeast heading and overflew Marion County Regional Airport (FLP), Flippin, Arkansas, and Baxter County Airport (BPK), Mountain Home, Arkansas, before it turned eastbound. The airplane did not land at FLP, and due to a gap in the ADS-B data it could not be determined if the airplane landed at BPK. After it passed BPK, the airplane turned to the east, contacted the Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) and obtained an instrument flight rules (IFR) clearance to Walnut Ridge Regional Airport (ARG), Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, which was about 76 nm east of BPK. During the portion of the flight from BPK to ARG, air traffic control initially established radar contact and voice communication with the flight. When the airplane was ab
Probable cause
The impairment of both pilots from carbon monoxide exposure due to a degraded muffler. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate maintenance inspection, which failed to detect the degraded muffler.
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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.
