Cessna 172M N321HR

Summary

On 16 October 1983 at about 19:45 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N321HR was involved in an accident near Redfield, Arkansas, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 October 1983 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Redfield, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

34.4405, -92.1801

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N321HR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pine Bluff → Springfield

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84FA023

3 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AT APRX 1331 CDT, THE PLT ENTERED THE PINE BLUFF FSS STATION & REQUESTED A BRIEFING FOR A VFR FLT TO SPRINGFIELD, MO. HE WAS ADVISED THAT VFR FLT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. THE PLT RETURNED AGAIN BETWEEN 1335 & 1350 & WAS SEEN EXAMINING THE WX CHARTS. AT APRX 1420, HE TOOK OFF WITHOUT FILING A FLT PLAN & REMAINED BELOW THE CLOUDS DURING DEPARTURE. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE ACFT WAS SEEN FLYING UP THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT LOW ALTITUDE WHERE POWER LINES CROSSED THE RIVER. THE PLT PULLED UP TO CLEAR THE POWER LINES. REPORTEDLY, HE PULLED UP, STALLED, THEN RECOVERED & TURNED AWAY FROM THE RIVER. MOMENTS LATER, IT RETURNED HEADING DOWN RIVER BACK TOWARD THE POWER LINES. REPORTEDLY, IT STALLED AGAIN, IMPACTED THE WATER & SANK. ALL 3 OCCUPANTS DROWNED. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS WERE NOT USING THEIR SEAT BELTS & SHOULDER HARNESSES & BOTH HAD RECEIVED TEMPORAL & FACIAL LACERATIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.