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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Grand Canyon, AZ · September 10, 1979

Date
September 10, 1979 · 12:02 local
Place
Grand Canyon, AZ
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4523J
Reported as
Piper PA28R180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,640 total175 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot aborted takeoff when aircraft failed to climb, probably due to density altitude, loaded weight limitations.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF WHEN AIRCRAFT FAILED TO CLIMB, PROBABLY DUE TO DENSITY ALTITUDE, LOADED WEIGHT LIMITATIONS.