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FAA accident report · Peck Norman O PECK P-1 · Aztec, NM · May 18, 2013

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Date
May 18, 2013 · 11:45 local
Place
Aztec, NM
Airport
Aztec Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N16NM
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN13LA299
Reported as
Peck Norman O Peck P-1
Reported engine
Continental Motors O-200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total25 in this make and model
N16NMRegistration cancelled Feb 28, 2018 · Peck Norman O PECK P-1S/N 1Airframe modelPeck Norman O PECK P-1

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft departed runway 26 at Aztec, NM at approximately 1145 MDT for a local flight. Winds at the time of departure were estimated at 220 degrees gusting to 35 knots. The aircraft lifted off in a normal fashion, then descended to the right of the runway, impacting a dirt berm approximately 4? High, on a heading of about 290 degrees. Surface marks indicate the aircraft skidded for approximately 100 feet with the marks indicating the lower right side of the fuselage and the right wing tip were in ground contact. The aircraft nose contacted a slight rise in the terrain at the base of a barbed wire fence, the aircraft bounced and at the same time, the left wing impacted a fence post resulting in the aircraft coming to rest on top of the barbed wire fencing and facing in the opposite direction .

Fire evidence was apparent with a fuel spill evident, the majority of the burned ground cover extending downhill from the final resting place of the fuselage . Some spotty fire indications surrounded the fuselage but were not extensive, indicating the fuel tank either ruptured on impact or was dislodged from its? Mount throwing the remaining fuel to the right of the fuselage, downhill.

The aircraft had a header tank installed in the upper nose section, ahead of the instrument panel and behind the firewall.

Some heat distortion of the firewall was evident suggesting that the fire began in the engine compartment or possibly by a spark or heat at the lower left side of the fuselage, near the firewall

Examination of the cowl portion indicated fire damage to the inside of the cowl with a smaller amount of fire damage evident to the outside leading to a possible indication of an engine fire prior to impact.

Fire rescue on scene stated that the pilot?s body was outside the aircraft with the victims head toward the tail of the aircraft and his foot caught in the door frame indicating an attempt to exit the aircraft. Postmortem examination indicated the pilot died from smoke inhalation and burns

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 26 AT AZTEC, NM AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 MDT FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. WINDS AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE WERE ESTIMATED AT 220 DEGREES GUSTING TO 35 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF IN A NORMAL FASHION, THEN DESCENDED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY, IMPACTING A DIRT BERM APPROXIMATELY 4? HIGH, ON A HEADING OF ABOUT 290 DEGREES. SURFACE MARKS INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET WITH THE MARKS INDICATING THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AND THE RIGHT WING TIP WERE IN GROUND CONTACT. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE CONTACTED A SLIGHT RISE IN THE TERRAIN AT THE BASE OF A BARBED WIRE FENCE, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE LEFT WING IMPACTED A FENCE POST RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST ON TOP OF THE BARBED WIRE FENCING AND FACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION .

FIRE EVIDENCE WAS APPARENT WITH A FUEL SPILL EVIDENT, THE MAJORITY OF THE BURNED GROUND COVER EXTENDING DOWNHILL FROM THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF THE FUSELAGE . SOME SPOTTY FIRE INDICATIONS SURROUNDED THE FUSELAGE BUT WERE NOT EXTENSIVE, INDICATING THE FUEL TANK EITHER RUPTURED ON IMPACT OR WAS DISLODGED FROM ITS? MOUNT THROWING THE REMAINING FUEL TO THE RIGHT OF THE FUSELAGE, DOWNHILL.

THE AIRCRAFT HAD A HEADER TANK INSTALLED IN THE UPPER NOSE SECTION, AHEAD OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND BEHIND THE FIREWALL.

SOME HEAT DISTORTION OF THE FIREWALL WAS EVIDENT SUGGESTING THAT THE FIRE BEGAN IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OR POSSIBLY BY A SPARK OR HEAT AT THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE, NEAR THE FIREWALL

EXAMINATION OF THE COWL PORTION INDICATED FIRE DAMAGE TO THE INSIDE OF THE COWL WITH A SMALLER AMOUNT OF FIRE DAMAGE EVIDENT TO THE OUTSIDE LEADING TO A POSSIBLE INDICATION OF AN ENGINE FIRE PRIOR TO IMPACT.

FIRE RESCUE ON SCENE STATED THAT THE PILOT?S BODY WAS OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE VICTIMS HEAD TOWARD THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND HIS FOOT CAUGHT IN THE DOOR FRAME INDICATING AN ATTEMPT TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT. POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION INDICATED THE PILOT DIED FROM SMOKE INHALATION AND BURNS

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN13LA299Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportAztec, NMThe pilot’s loss of airplane control during takeoff for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident fire damage precluded a complete examination of the airplane.May 18, 2013 · Destroyed