# Accident 20060520007209A: Piper PA28161, Marietta, OK, May 20, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2006, 21:45 local time
- Place: Marietta, OK
- Airport: Mcgehee Catfish Restaurant
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8917° N, 97.1683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8917&lon=-97.1683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9419C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9419C-2006-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total, 25 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060520007209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 2130 PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS BOARDED AIRCRAFT AND TAXIED TO NORTH END OF RUNWAY AND TURNED AROUND. AFTER PERFORMING RUNUP CHECKS BRAKES WERE RELEASED AND AIRCRAFT BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL. PILOT WAS DISTRACTED BY INTERMITTENT LANDING LIGHT. PILOT ROTATED AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AS LANDING LIGHT QUIT. PILOT PULLED BACK ON YOKE HARD TO TRY AND CLEAR TREES AT END OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT STALLED AND RIGHT WING STRUCK THE TREES. RIGHT WING WAS RIPPED FROM AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT DESCENDED THROUGH TREES. LEFT WING AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WERE RIPPED FROM AIRCRAFT. FUSELAGE CAME TO A STOP AGAINST SOME TREES AND A BOULDER AT THE BOTTOM OF A VERY STEEP TREE COVERED EMBANKMENT. ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS EXITED AIRCRAFT AND CLIMBED BACK UP EMBANKMENT TO PARKING LOT OF RESTAURANT.

## 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 DFW06CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA132), May 21, 2006: Piper PA-28-161 (N9419C), Marietta, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing factors were the dark night conditions and the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and preparation.

## Other reports on N9419C (2)

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

- [Accident 20050107034309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050107034309A), Jan 7, 2005: Piper PA28161 (N9419C), Decatur, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) This was an instructional night training flight. The aircraft was making a low shallow approach to runway 35 at Decatur Municipal Airport (klud) when it…
- [Accident 19880213004839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880213004839A), Feb 13, 1988: Piper PA28161 (N9419C), Aurora, CO, Substantial damage. High approach. Ballooned and lost control. Landed with one gear off runway in snow. Plane nosed over on broken gear.

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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