- Date
- April 8, 1983, 19:20 local (Apr 9, 1983, 02:20 UTC)
- Place
- Marana, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7909VRockwell A-9B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830408015939A
- Case key
- 23676
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Analysis
The plt was on a flt from quanah, TX to chandler, AZ to deliver the acft for a sale. He had been on the ferry flt for 6 hrs when he landed at Marana, AZ. After refueling, raising the eng cowl, inspecting the eng & wiping off an accumulation of oil, he took off. During the climb, within 1 mi of the arpt, the plt noticed that the cowl was loose & was flapping. It was twilight & rwy 30 was unlighted, so the plt commenced a low, slow turn toward rwy 3. While maneuvering, the acft's left wing impacted level terrain on arpt property & the airplane cartwheeled. During a post-accident interview, the plt acknowledged that prior to takeoff, he was tired & just 'goofed it up.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7909V
- Reported as
- Rockwell A-9B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1557
- Airframe hours
- 1,340
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-G-1C5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- L. A. Miller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1982 · 48 hours before
- Destination
- PIO · Chandler, AZ
- Airport
- E14 · Aura Valley, runway 30, 3,000 × 75 ft, gravel
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,100 total · 50 in this make and model · 2,050 as pilot in command · 175 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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