# Accident 20130518015059A: Peck Norman O PECK P-1, Aztec, NM, May 18, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2013, 11:45 local time
- Place: Aztec, NM
- Airport: Aztec Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8356° N, 108.0239° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8356&lon=-108.0239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16NM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16NM-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Peck Norman O PECK P-1 (registry code 05604ET, https://openairdocs.org/model/peck-norman-o-peck-p-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PECK NORMAN O PECK P-1
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL MOTORS O-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 25 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA299) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130518015059A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 CEN13LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA299), May 18, 2013: Peck Norman O Peck P-1 (N16NM), Aztec, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The 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.

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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