# Accident 20100709038729A: Piper PA-32RT-300, Sedona, AZ, July 9, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2010, 22:00 local time
- Place: Sedona, AZ
- Airport: Sedona
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8422° N, 111.7864° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8422&lon=-111.7864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36402, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36402-2018-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 410 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA342) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100709038729A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 10, 2010 THE PILOT OF N36402 WAS  LANDING ON RUNWAY 03 AT THE SEZ AIRPORT AND STATED HE DID NOT SEE THE PAPI LIGHTS ILLUMINATED.  PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE LOW AT WHICH TIME HE INCREASED THROTTLE AND FLARED.  PILOT SAID HE LOST SIGHT OF THE RUNWAY LIGHTS AT WHICH TIME HE BROUGHT THE NOSE DOWN AND LANDED.  HE STATED HIS LEFT WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN IN THE DIRT AREA NEXT TO THE RUNWAY.  HE SAID HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE AND HE CORRECTED BACK TO THE CENTERLINE.  PILOT STATED THAT AFTER HE CORRECTED BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY THE LANDING WAS NORMAL.  PILOT SAID WHEN HE WENT TO TIE THE PLANE DOWN HE SAW SOME DAMAGE.  HE RETURNED THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND CONTACTED AIRPORT OPERATIONS WHO INFORMED HIM HE HIT A SIGN AND RUNWAY LIGHT.

## 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 WPR10CA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA342), Jul 10, 2010: Piper PA32RT (N36402), Sedona, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain runway alignment during approach and subsequent loss of directional control during landing.

## Other reports on N36402 (3)

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

- [Accident 20151219021249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151219021249A), Dec 19, 2015: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N36402), Bakersfield, CA, Destroyed, 5 fatal. On Saturday, December 19, 2015, Mr. Jason thomas price, private pilot certificate number 3651312, operated as the pilot in command of a Piper PA-32RT-300T,…
- [Incident 20090712014289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090712014289I), Jul 12, 2009: Piper PA32RT300T (N36402), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot stated that upon take off from E16 (south country) he heard and felt a thump at his feet when he raised the gear. All the circuit breakers,…
- [Incident 19780927020419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780927020419I), Sep 27, 1978: Piper PA32300T (N36402), Decatur, IL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed while taxiing after pilot ran over wheel chock.

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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