# Accident 20070504007799A: Piper PA22, Chiloquin, OR, May 4, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2007, 16:00 local time
- Place: Chiloquin, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5667° N, 121.8667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5667&lon=-121.8667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1394C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1394C-2009-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 800 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07CA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070504007799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N1394C A PIPER PA-22 TRI PACER PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED CHILOQUIN STATE AIRPORT (ELEVATION 4217 FT) ON RUNWAY 35 AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 HOURS. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SET FULL POWER, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 1800 FEET AGL. AT THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED AND WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO CLIMB. HE NOSED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN TO PICK UP SPEED AND TURNED INTO THE WIND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN SOME LIFT, HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ABLE TO CLIMB SUFFICIENTLY TO AVOID THE RISING TERRAIN AND IMPACTED THE HILLSIDE.

## 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 SEA07CA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA122), May 4, 2007: Piper PA-22 (N1394C), Chiloquin, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during takeoff and initial climb. High vegetation was a factor.

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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