- Date
- July 11, 1974
- Place
- Grnd Canyon, AZ · GRND CANYON, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5975WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19740711028509A
- Case key
- 80080
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2387 74/7/11 GRND CANYON,ARIZ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 130 TIME - 1308 N5975W PX- 2 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 111 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRND CYN NATL PRK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRND CANYON,ARIZ UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 75 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DENSITY ALT OF 9100 FT REPTD TO PLT BY TOWER. OVER MAX GROSS WT ABOUT 95 LBS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5975W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grnd Cyn Natl Prk
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.