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MKC87FA165

1987-08-22 · BATESVILLE, Arkansas, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport BVX

N6079D has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (PIPER PA46R-350T, built 2009), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE AIRPLANE WAS AT MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT AT TAKEOFF. THE FIELD ELEVATION WAS 613 FEET AND THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS 3300 FEET. THERE WERE TWO RUNWAYS AVAILABLE. RUNWAY 25 WAS 6002 FEET LONG AND HAD A SLIGHT HEADWIND FROM THE SOUTHWEST. RUNWAY 35 WAS 3320 FEET LONG AND HAD A LIGHT QUARTERING TAILWIND/CROSSWIND FROM THE LEFT. THE PILOT SELECTED RUNWAY 35 FOR TAKEOFF. ONE WITNESS REPORTED THE AIRPLANE FLYING 10 TO 15 FEET AGL ABOUT MIDWAY OF THE RUNWAY IN A SLIGHTLY NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE, BUT NOT CLIMBING. THE AIRPLANE WENT BELOW HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINES AND HIT A LARGE TELEPHONE CABLE. IT THEN HIT ALMOST STRAIGHT DOWN ON A HIGHWAY AND STARTED BURNING. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_MKC87FA165.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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