- Date
- April 14, 1971
- Place
- Prescott, AZ · PRESCOTT, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9663WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160789
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1954 71/4/14 PRESCOTT,ARIZ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1600 TIME - 1400 N9663W PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT SAN JOSE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LANDD IN DESERT AREA PREV DAY DUE CARB ICE.DRG TKOF L WHEEL HIT ROCK,TIRE BLEW OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9663W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9663WRegistration cancelled Aug 24, 2026 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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