# Accident 20000910013939A: Piper PA28180, Payson, AZ, September 10, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2000, 13:30 local time
- Place: Payson, AZ
- Airport: Payson Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1890° N, 111.1692° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1890&lon=-111.1692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4208T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4208T-2001-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 27 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA333](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA333) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000910013939A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) AIRMAND WAS DEPARTIN PAN,DA OF 7300 FFET, JUST UNDER GROSS WEIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE PERFORMANCE CHART THAT HE USED (FOR A PA-28-161) HE WOULD HAVE HAD A GROUND ROLL OF 2000 FEET. (RWY IS 5500") AIRMAN STATED THAT AT APPROX 50 MPH THE NOSE GEAR BEGAN TO SHIMMY (AFTER 1000' GROUND ROLL SO FAR) AT THE SAME TIME DIRECTIONAL CONTROL BECAME DIFFICULT. HE ROTATED AT ABOUT THIS TIME AND THE TAIL STRUCK THE RWY. A/C BECAME AIRBORNE TO APPROX 10 FEET AND WENT IMMEDIATELY LEFT, THEN RIGHT, STRIKING HEAVY BUSHES TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY SHEARING THE RIGHT WING. A/C MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN AND SKIDDED BACKWARDS COMING TO A STOP IN A RAVINE OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT AND 3 PAX ESCAPED UNINJURED. (.4) WITH THREE PASSENGERS AND 30 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE TANKS, THE PILOT COMMENCED THE TAKEOFF ROLL ON A 5,500-FOOT-LONG RUNWAY, ELEVATION 5,157 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT 7,650 FEET. AS THE AIRPLANE ACCELERATED, IT VEERED LEFT AND RIGHT, THE NOSE PITCHED UP, AND THE TAIL TIE DOWN RING SCRAPED ON THE RUNWAY. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST, AND THE AIRPLANE OVERRAN RUNWAY LIGHTS AND CAME TO REST UPON COLLIDING WITH A TREE.                                   THE PILOT REPORTED THAT NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WERE EXPERIENCED WITH HIS AIRPLANE DURING THE FLIGHT. THE PILOT'S TOTAL FLYING EXPERIENCE WAS 75.3 HOURS. HE WAS ISSUED A PILOT CERTIFICATE 17 DAYS PRIOR TO THE MISHAP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX00LA333](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA333), Sep 10, 2000: Piper PA-28-180 (N4208T), Payson, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll due to over-rotation, inadequate airspeed, and improper remedial action under the high density altitude condition.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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