ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155975
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| Date: | Saturday 18 May 2013 |
| Time: | 11:50 |
| Type: | Peck P-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N16NM |
| MSN: | 1 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aztec Municipal Airport - N19, Aztec, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Aztec, NM (N19) |
| Aztec, NM (N19) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was conducting a personal flight in the amateur-built airplane. A witness reported that he saw the pilot start up the airplane and take off. Just after becoming airborne, the airplane impacted a berm on the right side of the runway, spun 180 degrees, and then came to rest. A postcrash fire ensued, which consumed a majority of the airplane.
Examination of the airplane wreckage did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation; however, a complete examination could not be conducted due to extensive fire damage. The left side of the engine did exhibit more fire damage than other areas, which may indicate that a fuel leak occurred or that the fire started at that location from another source. Further, someone who knew the pilot reported that, after the previous flight, the pilot had indicated that fuel had pooled on the cockpit floor. The circumstances of the accident are consistent with the pilot becoming distracted during takeoff, possibly by a fuel leak or onboard fire; however, neither scenario could be verified. Therefore, the reason that the pilot did not maintain airplane control during takeoff could not be determined.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control during takeoff for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident fire damage precluded a complete examination of the airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=16NM
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2013 00:55 | Geno | Added |
| 19-May-2013 11:44 | 78Delta | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration] |
| 20-May-2013 22:02 | flashman | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-May-2013 21:32 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 28-Nov-2017 14:38 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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