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MKC90LA112

1990-05-23 · LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport LIT

Current FAA registration · N301KK

Make / Model
PIPER PA-32-300
Year of manufacture
1979 · 11 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790320
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A323F4

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE FAILURE OF THE POWERPLANT DUE TO A SHEARED TIMING GEAR. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN AND RESTRICTED VISION DUE TO FOG.

Factual narrative

THE ATR RATED PLT SAID THAT HE WAS ON AN ILS INSTRUMENT APPROACH, IN IFR CONDITIONS, AND HAD JUST INTERCEPTED THE GLIDE SLOPE, WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED. AN EMERGENCY, OFF AIRPORT, LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED ON A LANDFILL WITH ROUGH UNSUITABLE TERRAIN. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE TIMING GEAR HAD SHEARED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1990_MKC90LA112.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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