# Accident 20030518010009A: Piper PA32R301T, Paulden, AZ, May 18, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2003, 09:31 local time
- Place: Paulden, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9100° N, 112.5339° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9100&lon=-112.5339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99TX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99TX-2017-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 660 total, 20 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030518010009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE COULD NOT GAIN ALT AFTER T.O. HIT POWER LINES, CRASHED, ACFT COMPLETELY BURNT.

## 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 LAX03LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA154), May 18, 2003: Piper PA-32R-301T (N99TX), Paulden, AZ, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to attain and maintain the proper climb airspeed. The high density altitude condition was a factor.

## Other reports on N99TX (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19970321010709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970321010709I), Mar 21, 1997: Piper PA32301T (N99TX), Las Cruces, NM, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot departed runway 30 at Las Cruces airport, Las Cruces, NM on March 21, 1997, after take-off pilot raised the landing gear and then began to…

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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