# Accident 20190920015709A: Piper AEROSTAR 601P, Sedona, AZ, September 20, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2019, 13:30 local time
- Place: Sedona, AZ
- Airport: Sedona Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8486° N, 111.7883° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8486&lon=-111.7883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700NJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700NJ-2020-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 7106012, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AEROSTAR 601P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 450 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA559](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA559) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190920015709A

## Narrative

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

DURING SHORT FINAL TO KSEZ RUNWAY 21, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE BLAST PAD, SHORT OF RUNWAY, DRIVING THE LANDING GEAR UP THROUGH THE TOP OF THE WING. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 420 FEET WHERE IT EXITED RUNWAY 21 TO THE WEST SIDE.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 380 MORE FEET, SHEARING THE TAXIWAY A2 SIGN FROM ITS BASE AND CROSSING A2 ALONG THE WAY.

REPORT WINDS AT THE EXACT TIME ARE UNKNOWN, HOWEVER THE WINDS 1 HR 25 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT (2155Z) WERE REPORTED 21010G21KT, VARIABLE BETWEEN 160 AND 220 DEGREES.

THE PILOT INDICATED HE WAS APPROACHING ON THE VASI (2 RED/2 WHITE) AND WHEN HE SAW THE 3RD RED LIGHT, HE ADDED POWER, BUT DID NOT ATTEMPT A GO AROUND. HAD "NO IDEA" WHERE THE WIND CAME FROM.  HE ALSO SAID HE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPORT AND HAS LANDED THERE "A HUNDRED TIMES".

## 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 GAA19CA559](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA559), Sep 20, 2019: Piper PA60 (N700NJ), Sedona, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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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