19990211020189I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Sedona, AZ · February 11, 1999

Date
February 11, 1999 · 12:30 local
Place
Sedona, AZ
Airport
Sedona Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2875R
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total5 in this make and model10 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.

Taking off in gusty winds at near gross weight in high density altitude conditions. Encountered strong gust just after lift-off. Aircraft experienced loss of airspeed and control. Pilot was unable to recover before impacting grass area adjacent to the runway.

As the FAA filed it

TAKING OFF IN GUSTY WINDS AT NEAR GROSS WEIGHT IN HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE CONDITIONS. ENCOUNTERED STRONG GUST JUST AFTER LIFT-OFF. AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF AIRSPEED AND CONTROL. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER BEFORE IMPACTING GRASS AREA ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY.