# Accident 20120803016239A: Piper PA-22-160, White City, OR, August 3, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2012, 11:30 local time
- Place: White City, OR
- Airport: Beagle Sky Ranch
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5389° N, 122.9039° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5389&lon=-122.9039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9626D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9626D-2018-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-160
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA343) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120803016239A

## Narrative

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

AFTER FLYING FROM LAKEVIEW,OR TO BEAGLE SKY RANCH, OR, PILOT WAS TAKING OFF WHEN SHE CLIPPED AN OAK TREE AND CRASHED.  AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED IN FIRE, BUT PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXTRICATE HERSELF FROM THE WRECKAGE.

## 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 WPR12CA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA343), Aug 3, 2012: Piper PA-22-160 (N9626D), White City, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's attempt to keep the airplane airborne and continue the takeoff after the airplane bounced off the turf runway prematurely during the takeoff roll.

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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