# Accident 20120913026389A: Piper PA-28-181, Strawberry, AZ, September 13, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2012, 14:53 local time
- Place: Strawberry, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: B4VS
- Location: 34.4575° N, 111.4836° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4575&lon=-111.4836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4188E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4188E-2013-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 806 total, 22 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12FA420](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA420) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120913026389A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 AIRCRAFT N4188E,  PIPER PA28-181, S/N-2843212 IMPACTED TERRAIN UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES APPROXIMATELY 15 MILE NORTHWEST OF PAYSON AZ AT A UNKNOWN TIME FATALLY INJURING THE 3 OCCUPANTS ON BOARD. ACCORDING TO THE FAA DATA BASE, THE AIRCRAFT (N4188E) IS REGISTERED TO THE CAE GLOBAL ACADEMY PHOENIX INC LOCATED IN MESA, AZ. CAE OPERATES THIS AIRCRAFT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PARTS 61, 91, AND 141. IN ADDITION, THIS AIRCRAFT IS OPERATED UNDER AN AGREEMENT BY KLM FLIGHT ACADEMY USA. KLS/KLM FLIGHT ACADEMY IS A DUTCH JAR FCL1 APPROVED FLIGHT TRAINING ORGANIZATION (FTO) UNDER THE APPROVAL OF THE INSPECTIE VERKEER EN WATARSTAAT DIVSIE LUCHTVAART (IIVW/DL). THE AIRCRAFT, N4188E DEPARTED FALCON FIELD (FFZ) AT  APPROXIMATELY 1412 MST WITH A DESTINATION OF WINSLOW AZ. THE FLIGHT WAS PART OF THE KLS CURRICULUM D42 PHASE CHECK INCORPORATING LOW LEVEL NAVIGATION VFR FLIGHT PLAN TO WINSLOW AZ (INW) WITH AN EMERGENCY DIVERSION TO PAYSON AZ (PAN). THIS PHASE CHECK IS PREPARATORY TO MOVING INTO THE INSTRUMENT TRAINING PHASE. THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWED A ROUTE OF FLIGHT VIA THE VERDE RIVER, BARTLET DAM , THE VERDE RIVER VALLEY, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CHANGED COURSE TO EAST/NORTHEAST APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES NORTH WEST OF PAYSON AZ WHERE THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED  FOSSIL SPRINGS WILDERNESS AREA COLLIDING WITH TERRAIN IN CALF PEN CANYON AT APPROXIMATLY 5800 FT MSL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED MISSING AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY LOCATED ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 AT APPROXIMATLY 2100 BY AN AZ DPS HELICOPTER.

## 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 WPR12FA420](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA420), Sep 13, 2012: Piper PA-28-181 (N4188E), Strawberry, AZ, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's and the evaluator's failure to divert at an appropriate time during cruise flight, which resulted in the airplane's inability to maintain a sufficient altitude to clear rising…

## Other reports on N4188E (2)

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

- [Accident 20010320005529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010320005529A), Mar 20, 2001: Piper PA28181 (N4188E), Gila Bend, AZ, Substantial damage. (.19) On March 20, 2001, at 1000 hrs. MST, a Piper PA-28-181, N4188E, landed short of runway 4 at the Gila Bend Municipal Airport, Gila Bend, Arizona. The…
- [Accident 19990321002291A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990321002291A), Mar 21, 1999: Piper PA28181 (N4188E), Scottsdale, AZ, Substantial damage. (Tty) acft landed and was taxiing on twy a when it collided with N818DW, a rockwell NA-265 acft, which landed and turned onto A5, N4188E has substantial…

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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