# Accident 20110125000389A: Piper PA-28R-201T, Meadview, AZ, January 25, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2011, 12:45 local time
- Place: Meadview, AZ
- Airport: Pearce Ferry Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0931° N, 114.0467° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0931&lon=-114.0467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3751U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3751U-2014-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201T
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-PB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 267 total, 122 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110125000389A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO START THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE USING THE ELETRIC STARTER AND ATTEMPTED TO HAND START THE ENGINE USING THE PROPELLER.  AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS THE ENGINE SATRTED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ALONG THE LEFT CENTER SECTION OF THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY AND WAS FACING THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  AFTER THE ENGINE STARTED, THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER A SMALL DIRT BERM ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND MADE A GRADUAL LEFT TURN WHILE GOING THROUGH THE DESSERT TERRAIN (LOOSE DIRT, ROCKS AND BUSHES) BEFORE GOING OVER A CLIFF AT THE EXTREME NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE DISTANCE THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED BEFORE GOING OVER THE CLIFF WAS APPROXIMATELY A TOTAL OF 240 FEET.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET BELOW THE EDGE CLIFF ON A STEEP ROCKY INCLINE OF APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 DEGREES.

## 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 WPR11CA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA107), Jan 25, 2011: Piper PA-28R-201T (N3751U), Meadview, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly secure the airplane while manually starting the engine with the propeller, resulting in inadvertent movement of the airplane and collision with the ground.

## Other reports on N3751U (1)

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

- [Incident 20020827036509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020827036509I), Aug 27, 2002: Piper PA28R201T (N3751U), Elkhart, IN. (-23) Inbound to sbn the a/c (superior leasing, inc) reported smoke in the cockpit. A/c landed at ekm w/o incident at 2043Z. GPS was found to be burnt…

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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