# Accident 20100906044469A: Piper PA-32RT-300, Las Vegas, NV, September 6, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2010, 08:15 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Henderson Executive Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0150° N, 115.1542° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0150&lon=-115.1542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36072, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36072-2014-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 288 total, 50 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA449](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA449) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100906044469A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2010 AT ABOUT 0815 PACIFIC LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA-32-300, N36072, DEPARTED RUNWAY 35L AT HENDERSON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT NEAR LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. ALTHOUGH IT SEEMED THE PILOT  INTENDED TO MAKE A LEFT DOWNWIND DEPARTURE, THE AIRCRAFT HAD TROUBLE GAINING ALTITUDE AND CRASHED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA  APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED; 2 PASSENGERS SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. NO OTHER INJURIES REPORTED.

## 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 WPR10FA449](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA449), Sep 6, 2010: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N36072), Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain a positive rate of climb after takeoff for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N36072 (1)

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

- [Incident 19791206045989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791206045989I), Dec 6, 1979: Piper PA32R300 (N36072), Garner, IA, Minor damage. Aircraft failed to reach takeoff speed on sod runway, pilot aborted. Ran off end of runway into field.

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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