# Accident 20160310008929A: Parkes Thomas D LANCAIR ES, Prescott, AZ, March 10, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2016, 11:00 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A. Love Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5714° N, 112.4192° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5714&lon=-112.4192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44AZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44AZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Parkes Thomas D LANCAIR ES (registry code 0560604, https://openairdocs.org/model/parkes-thomas-d-lancair-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PARKES THOMAS D LANCAIR ES
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 23,012 total, 245 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160310008929A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 10, 2016 AT 1100 (PDT) , ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAKING OFF RUNWAY 21R IN N44AZ, LANCAIR ES, AT PRESCOTT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (PRC) WITH JUST HIMSELF ONBOARD.  SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS AIRBORNE HE NOTICED A LOSS IN POWER AND COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE.  HE PITCHED FORWARD AND SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT TO AVOID A SELF-SERVICE FUEL STATION AND LANDED ON BRAVO TAXIWAY. HE COULD NOT SLOWDOWN BEFORE REACHING THE END OF BRAVO TAXIWAY AND CROSSED THROUGH THE GRASS AND ACROSS TAXIWAY FOXTROT.  HE THEN ENTERED THE GRASS AGAIN AND STRUCK A FOUNDATION PLATFORM IN GRASS WITH THE NOSE GEAR AND SLID ACROSS RUNWAY 12 AND THEN SLID TO A STOP IN THE GRASS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 WPR16LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA088), Mar 10, 2016: Thomas D. Parkes Lancair ES (N44AZ), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to an over-temperature event, which thermally damaged the blade tips of the turbocharger wheel and resulted in a slowing or stoppage in the rotation of the…

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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