- Date
- March 12, 1979
- Place
- Douglas, AZ · DOUGLAS, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9636KPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790312011919A
- Case key
- 137199
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1900 79/3/12 NR.DOUGLAS,AZ PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 6450 TIME - 0845 N9636K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 900 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BARD RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOUGLAS,AZ PHOENIX,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LND IN CORRAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9636K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bard Ranch
N9636KRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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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.