# Accident 20090706013589A: Piper PA28140, Taylor, AZ, July 6, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2009, 11:34 local time
- Place: Taylor, AZ
- Airport: Taylor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4294° N, 110.0598° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4294&lon=-110.0598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5957U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5957U-2013-02-08) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA327) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090706013589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE PERFORMED A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF FROM THE AIRPORT AND THAT FOLLOWING LIFT OFF, THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SEEM TO BE PERFORMING AS EXPECTED AND DID NOT CLIMB AS EXPECTED.  PILOT ATTEMPTED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING, STRIKING A TREE AND PARTIALLY SEPARATING THE RIGHT WING FROM THE AIRFRAME.  ON 13 JUL 09, THE PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED ON PHONE AND A WRITTEN STATEMENT WAS REQUESTED.  NO STATEMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED AS OF THIS DATE.

## 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 WPR09LA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA327), Jul 6, 2009: Piper PA-28-140 (N5957U), Taylor, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of 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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