# Accident 20130528008719A: Raytheon Aircraft Company A36, Flagstaff, AZ, May 28, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2013, 11:43 local time
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport: Flagstaff Pulliam Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0828° N, 111.6678° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0828&lon=-111.6678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999PK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N999PK-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon A36 (registry code 7150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 610 total, 115 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13FA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13FA244) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130528008719A

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 21 AT FLG IN CONDITIONS WHICH EQUATED TO A DENSITY ALTITUDE OF 7890 FEET THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED AND ITS PILOT REPORTED DIFFICULTY CLIMBING.  AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT WAS OBSERVED BY PILOT IN THE AIRCRAFT THAT DEPARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT, TO HAVE FLOWN OVER INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I-17 WHEN UNABLE TO CLIMB AND THEN TURN TOWARDS SLIGHTLY RAISING TERRAIN TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT.  WITTNESS ON THE GROUND STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS VERY LOW AND THAT THE ENGINE NOISE WAS NOT CORRECT, THAT THERE WAS SOME FORM OF SPUTTERING OR MISFIRING, BUT NO LOUD NOISE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MISFIRING.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREE TOPS, DESCENDED THROUGH TREES LOSING BOTH WINGS, IMPACTED GROUND AND ERUPTED IN FLAMES.   PROPELLER SIGNATURES AND CRANKSHAFT BENDING AND CRACKING WAS CONSISTANT WITH SIGNIFICANT POWER BEING PRODUCED WHEN AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TREES AND THE GROUND.

## 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 WPR13FA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13FA244), May 28, 2013: Raytheon A36 (N999PK), Mountainaire, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain a climb after departure in high-density altitude conditions, which resulted in a collision with trees and terrain. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's…

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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