- Date
- May 25, 1972
- Place
- Lukachukai, AZ · LUKACHUKAI, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4596TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167122
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1805 72/5/25 LUKACHUKAI,ARIZ PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1450 N4596T PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 28, 1370 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUKACHUKAI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LUKACHUKAI,ARIZ GALLUP,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 210 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- BECAME AIRBORNE,R X-WIND DRIFTED ACFT TO L. HIT FENCE POSTS. DENSITY ALT 8800 FT. NEAR GROSS WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4596T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lukachukai
N4596TRegistration cancelled Aug 15, 2013 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N4596T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.