Reed Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Portland, Arkansas 71663
Monday, June 18, 1984 10:15 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

BOTH ACFT WERE ABOUT TO TOUCHDOWN. N501PR WAS ABOVE N501JS. THE PILOT OF N501PR STATED THAT JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN THE COLLISION OCCURRED AND RESULTED IN SEVERING OF THE TAIL SECTION OF N501PR. THE PILOT OF N501JS STATED THAT N501PR FLARED OUT TO LAND DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM AND HE COULD NOT AVOID THE COLLISION. THERE WAS NO RADIO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TWO ACFT.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/18/1984
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1015
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City PORTLAND
Event State ARKANSAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 71663
Event Date Year 1984
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator Yes
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport REED
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 110
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 955 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 270
Weather Observation Facility ID ELD
Elevation of weather observation facility 265
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 75
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 2000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 29
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 20
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 230
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1344
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 24986
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft #2

Aircraft Registration Number N501PR N501JS
NTSB Number MKC84LA178A MKC84LA178B
Missing Aircraft Indicator N N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 137: Agricultural Part 137: Agricultural
Type of Flight Plan filed None None
Flight plan Was Activated? -- --
Damage Substantial Substantial
Aircraft Fire None None
Aircraft Explosion None None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name SNOW SNOW
Aircraft Model AT400 AT400
Aircraft Series Identifier AT400 AT400
Aircraft Serial Number AT400-0485 AT400-0488
Certified Max Gross Weight 6600 6600
Aircraft Category Airplane Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No No
Flight Crew Seats -- --
Cabin Crew Seats -- --
Passenger Seats -- --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 1 1
Number of Engines 1 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour Annual
Date of Last Inspection Dec 13 1983 12:00AM Dec 2 1983 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 170 170
Airframe Hours 637 700
ELT Installed No No
ELT Activated No No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No No
ELT Type -- --
Aircraft Owner Name REED FLYING SERVICE, INC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 157
Aircraft Owner City PORTLAND
Aircraft Owner State AR
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 71665
Operator is an individual? -- --
Operator Name REED FLYING SERVICE,INC.
Operator Same as Owner? Yes No
Operator Is Doing Business As -- --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes No
Operator Street Address P.O. BOX 157
Operator City PORTLAND
Operator State AR
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 71663
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Agriculture Agriculture
Operator Certificate Number -- --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Unknown Unknown
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Unknown Unknown
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Unknown Unknown
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Aerial Application Aerial Application
Second Pilot on Board No No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes No
Departure Airport Code
Departure City PORTLAND PORTLAND
Departure State AR AR
Departure Country
Departure Time 945 945
Departure Time Zone CDT CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing Landing
Report sent to ICAO? -- --
Evacuation occurred -- --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo dbo
Since inspection or accident -- --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 18 18
Runway Length 2200 2200
Runway Width -- --
Sight Seeing flight No No
Air Medical Flight No No
Medical Flight -- --