# Accident 20071112827839A: Piper PA28180, Sedona, AZ, November 12, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2007, 13:50 local time
- Place: Sedona, AZ
- Airport: Sedona
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8486° N, 111.7886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8486&lon=-111.7886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3656R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3656R-2010-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 62 total, 4 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071112827839A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT ABOUT 13:50 ON 11/12/2007, AT SEDONA AIRPORT (SEZ) A PA-28-180 PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 03. THE PILOT HAD THREE PASSENGERS ON BOARD, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FRONT RIGHT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RIGHT REAR, AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LEFT REAR. THE FIELD ELEVATION IS 4827', THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 73 DEGREES, AND THE WIND WAS 150/04. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FUELED AND CONTAINED ABOUT 48 GALLONS OF FUEL (FUEL RECEIPT INDICATES "T/O" INDICATING THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOPPED OFF WITH FUEL. DURING TAKEOFF ROLL THE PILOT REACHED ROTATION SPEED ABOUT (60 MPH). THE PILOT INITIALLY RELEASED BACKPRESSURE TO LIFT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TO ATTEMPT ROTATION; THE PILOT STATED THAT AT THIS POINT THE PLANE WAS SLUGGISH SO HE HELD OFF ON ROTATION AND ATTEMPTED TO BUILD UP MORE SPEED. AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO RISE; AS THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE. THE PILOT STATED THAT "WE WERE HIT BY A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND, BECAUSE WE WERE SUDDENLY BLOWN TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY." THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT BACK INTO CENTERLINE AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DRIVING THE AIRCRAFT BACK INTO THE GROUND.

## 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 SEA08CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA026), Nov 12, 2007: Piper PA-28-180 (N3656R), Sedona, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind condition, which resulted in his failure to maintain directional control during takeoff. Factors associated with the accident included the gusty…

## Other reports on N3656R (3)

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

- [Accident 19930420013389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930420013389A), Apr 20, 1993: Piper PA28180 (N3656R), Yuma, AZ, Substantial damage. Lost control on landing. Left wing hit ground. Aircraft cartwheeled. Full left tank. Right empty made imbalance.
- [Accident 19750811023769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750811023769A), Aug 11, 1975: Piper PA28180 (N3656R), Greenwood, MS, Substantial damage. Un locate arpt plt lndd acft in a cow pasture.
- [Accident 19741231042699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741231042699A), Dec 31, 1974: Piper PA28180 (N3656R), Shallowater, TX, Substantial 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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