ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176317
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| Date: | Thursday 8 April 2004 |
| Time: | 09:16 |
| Type: |  North American Navion A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N91729 |
| MSN: | NAV-4-490 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3992 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-470-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Page, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Page, AZ (PGA) |
| Grand Canyon, AZ (GCN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane stalled and collided with terrain in the takeoff initial climb. A witness reported that after liftoff the airplane climbed out of ground effect and stalled. The airplane returned back into ground effect, and the pilot lowered the nose to regain speed. He rotated out of ground effect, and subsequently stalled. The airplane returned to ground effect and, again, the pilot attempted to regain speed. As the airplane was approaching a cliff, it lifted out of ground effect and banked to the right. The left wing appeared to stall and the airplane impacted terrain in a nose and left wing low attitude. Based upon the atmospheric conditions provided by the METAR, the density altitude was calculated to be 4,896 feet. A Federal Aviation Administration maintenance inspector examined the airplane after the accident. He reported that he ran the engine, and found no anomalies or malfunctions that would have resulted in a decrease in power.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to attain and maintain a sufficient airspeed, which led to an inadvertent stall mush in high density altitude conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040625X00869&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 August 2006 | N947A | Ryan Douthitt | 0 | El Centro, California | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2015 16:54 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 17:52 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2021 15:30 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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