ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 292487
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| Date: | Friday 7 April 2006 |
| Time: | 11:19 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 |
| Owner/operator: | Mark D Willis |
| Registration: | N4316T |
| MSN: | 28-7225137 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3915 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lakeview, Arkansas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lakeview, AR (K3M0) |
| Harrison-Boone County Airport, AR (HRO/KHRO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The 700-hour private pilot of the single-engine airplane collided with trees and terrain at the departure end of runway 06 while attempting to depart the 3,200-foot long, by 55-foot wide turf runway with a 17 knot tailwind. The pilot reported that he encountered a wind reversal at treetop level. The pilot further reported that the airplane began "mushing forward on the edge of a stall" while in a nose high attitude. The airplane subsequently collided with a tree and came to rest in a large tree. At 1153, a weather reporting facility located approximately five miles east of the accident site reported wind from 240 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 17 knots. The pilot added that the "visibility was good, but the atmosphere was turbulent and unstable." Runway 06 features 30-foot tall trees on the left side and the departure end on the runway. The published airport procedures for obstacle clearance at the accident airport was to use of runway 06 for departures and runway 24 for arrivals.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation and failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. A contributing factor was the prevailing tailwind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DFW06CA096
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 08-Oct-2022 19:17 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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