# Accident 20060911018799A: Piper PA32300, Kanab, UT, September 11, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2006, 16:16 local time
- Place: Kanab, UT
- Airport: Deer Springs Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3425° N, 112.2236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3425&lon=-112.2236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4202R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4202R-2006-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 597 total, 177 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06CA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060911018799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2006 AT 1616 MDT A PIPER PA-32-300, N4202R, CRASHED WHILE TRYING TO TAKE OFF FROM A PRIVATE STRIP NEAR KANAB, UT AT DEER SPRINGS RESORT (UT30). THE PRIVATE PILOT IN COMMAND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LH SEAT, AND A PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, RH SEAT, AND 3 OTHER PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AROUND 80 KNOTS GOING SOUTH WHEN ACCORDING TO THE PILOT A WIND GUST CUT THE AIRCRAFT CROSSWAYS, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT HIT A DRAINAGE BERM, VEERED BACK TO THE LEFT CROSSING THE RUNWAY, VEERED RIGHT AGAIN AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY FACING 180 DEGREES FROM THE TAKE OFF DIRECTION, NOW FACING NORTH. THE AIRCRAFT SHEARED OFF ALL 3 GEAR, WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AFT BELLY, EMPENNAGE, AND HORIZONTAL STAB. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE AT THE SITE IS REPORTED AS APPROX 7,000 FT, AND THE TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME WAS 80 DEGREES.

## 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 SEA06CA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA179), Sep 11, 2006: Piper PA-32-300 (N4202R), Kanab, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the takeoff roll. Contributing factors were the rough/uneven conditions of the dirt runway, the wind gusts, and the berms and ditches on both…

## Other reports on N4202R (1)

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

- [Incident 19820813048569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820813048569I), Aug 13, 1982: Piper PA32300 (N4202R), Tonkawa/Blackwe, OK, Substantial damage. Hit by dust devil on landing. Ran off runway into a ditch. Substantial prop and gear damage.

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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