# Accident 20070918021669A: Piper PA28140, Flagstaff, AZ, September 18, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2007, 16:59 local time
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport: Flagstaff Pulliam
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1275° N, 111.6822° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1275&lon=-111.6822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4764T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4764T-2007-12-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07CA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA265) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070918021669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS A STUDENT PILOT AND STATED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 21 AT FLAGSTAFF AIRPORT. THE FIRST 1,000 FEET OF THE RUNWAY APPROACH END WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND 6,000 FEET WAS REMAINING FOR TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT HAD 25 DEGREES OF FLAPS DEPLOYED AND ROTATED AT MIDFIELD WITH APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FEET RUNWAY REMAINING. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL AT 65 KNOTS AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE TO THE BEST RATE OF CLIMB SPEED (VY) OF 70 KNOTS. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECREASED HIS FLAPS TO 10 DEGREES, AND THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO 20 FEET AGL AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF AND DESCENDED STRAIGHT AHEAD INTO APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET PINE TREES THAT WERE ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE OF THE WING STRUCK A PINE TREES, THE RIGHT WING FOLDED BACKWARD, AND THE AIRPLANE CARTWHEELED AS IT HIT THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE WITH THE TAIL APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. IN THE PIPER CHEROKEE 140 OWNER'S HANDBOOK, THERE IS NO PERFORMANCE DATA FOR TAKEOFF DISTANCE WITH A DENSITY ALTITUDE OVER 7,000 FEET. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 8,800 FEET.

## 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 SEA07CA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA265), Sep 18, 2007: Piper PA 28-140 (N4764T), Flagstaff, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain an adequate airspeed, which resulted in a forced landing off the end of the runway. A contributing factor to the accident was the gusting wind.

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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