- Date
- June 1, 1983, 02:00 local (09:00 UTC)
- Place
- Buckeye, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N8926NPiper PA-32 300C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 23458
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft collided with a utility pole about 36 ft AGL less than a mile north of a private dirt airstrip. The acft had departed scottsdale municipal arpt at about 0045. The accident occurred at about 0200 aproximately 4 miles west of Buckeye,AZ. A witness stated that he had been with the two occupants of the acft when they were drinking with him in a local bar. The plt had invited him and the girl to fly and the witness declined but the 21 year old female accepted. Another witness saw them depart the arpt and said the departure was abnormal with the acft almost colliding into parked acft and taxiing 1500 ft on the rwy before adding full power to takeoff. Both occupants were found after theaccident with their seatbelts unfastened. The acft wreckage was strewn along a path 152 ft long on a heading of 024 degrees. Blood submitted for a toxicological examination from the plt and passenger revealed a blood alcohol level of 0.15 percent and 0.07 percent respectively. A 6 pack of beer was found near the acft with 5 of the cans opened.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8926N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32 300C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-40723
- Airframe hours
- 3,306
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nelson Royce Nofsinger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 9, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- SDL · Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport
- Private Strip
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHX, 43 nm away