- Date
- October 15, 1985, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chino Valley, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9660WPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851015052409A
- Case key
- 24999
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
When the flt departed prescott for the local flt, the plt said the rwys switched several times between 11 & 03 due to the winds. The official prescott surfact observation reported the winds from 110 degrees at 8 KTS with gusts to 17 KTS. After departing prescott, the flt flew to a dirt strip north of the city where a normal landing was made. During the subsequent takeoff, the plt said that the lt wing suddenly 'lifted' & the acft was unable to gain altitude & scraped the tops of metal fence posts off the departure end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9660W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-23122
- Airframe hours
- 4,394
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Russell K. Moreton
- Registered owner
- Jim Dunham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 14, 1985 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
- Airport
- AZ46, runway 18, 3,500 × 30 ft, dirt
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,758 total · 81 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 8 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PCR, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.