ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 37568
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| Date: | Sunday 17 April 1994 |
| Time: | 14:08 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24-180 |
| Owner/operator: | Robert D. Adams |
| Registration: | N6331P |
| MSN: | 24-1175 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4191 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nogales, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Phoenix, AZ (KDVT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED AN AIRPORT LOCATED AT 3,932 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL WITH FOUR OCCUPANTS. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS ESTIMATED AT 6,500 FEET. THE AIRPLANE'S GROSS WEIGHT WAS CALCULATED TO BE WITHIN LIMITS. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE FLYING LOW AND SLOW ABOUT 3/4 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT AND THE WINGS APPEARED TO BE WOBBLING. THE AIRPLANE BEGAN A LEFT TURN ABOUT 100 FEET ABOVE GROUND AND SUDDENLY DESCENDED IN A STEEP NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE TO THE GROUND. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND.
Probable Cause: a failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX94FA193
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 10-Apr-2024 08:01 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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