# Accident 20091004022179A: Piper PA24250, Black Canyon C, AZ, October 4, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2009, 07:25 local time
- Place: Black Canyon C, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1228° N, 112.2378° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1228&lon=-112.2378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7471P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7471P-2018-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091004022179A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/04/2009 AIRCRAFT N7471P DEPARTED ST. JOHNS, AZ (SIN) AT APPROX. 0600 MST BOUND DIRECT TO AGUILA, AZ (27AZ).  AT APPROX 0725 MST ALBUQUERQUE CENTER LOST RADAR CONTACT AT APPROX. 5700' AROUND THE CASTLE CREEK WILDERNESS AREA IN THE BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN RANGE.  ON 10/05/2009 FIRE FIGHTERS WITH THE US FOREST SERVICE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF SMOKE IN THE AREA OF THE CRASH SCENE.  THE WRECKAGE OF N7471P WAS THEN DISCOVERED BY THE FIRE FIGHTERS AND NOTIFICATION WAS MADE TO THE FAA.  ON 10/6/2009 AN ON-SITE INVESTIGATION WAS PERFORMED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NTSB, FAA, PIPER AIRCRAFT, AND LYCOMING ENGINES.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT N7471P IMPACTED A LARGE ROCK, THEN A SHEAR ROCK WALL, AT AN ELEVATION OF 5580' AT A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 260°.

## 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 WPR10FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA005), Oct 4, 2009: Piper PA-24-250 (N7471P), Black Canyon City, AZ, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue VFR flight into instrument meteorological weather conditions which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident were low ceilings, reduced…

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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