# Accident 20090703016999A: Piper PA30, Tucson, AZ, July 3, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2009, 09:14 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1158° N, 110.9408° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1158&lon=-110.9408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7657Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7657Y-2010-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 600 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA324) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090703016999A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 11 LEFT AT TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER AT ALTITUDE OF 20 TO 30 FEET AND LEFT WING DIPPED IMPACTING THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN ROLLED ON THE GROUND FROM THE LEFT WING/ENGINE TO THE NOSE AND OVER TO THE RIGHT ENGINE/WING AND DOWN TO THE LOWER RIGHT FUSELAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION APPROXIMATELY 240' EAST OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 WPR09LA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA324), Jul 3, 2009: Piper PA-30 (N7657Y), Tucson, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional and lateral aircraft control during takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the partial loss of left engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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