Piper PA-28-140 accident near Williams, AZ
On October 17, 2023, a Piper PA-28-140 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Williams, AZ. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- October 17, 2023
- Place
- Williams, AZ
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-140 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 35.291°N, 112.192°W
- NTSB ID
- 20231017193255
Official records · WPR24FA014
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn October 17, 2023, about 1219 mountain standard time, a Piper PA-28-140 airplane, N6192J, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near H. A. Clark Memorial Field Airport (CMR), Williams, Arizona. The two flight instructor-certificated pilots and the passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to information recovered from the pilots’ personal electronic devices (PEDs), the accident occurred on the third day of a multi-leg trip in the accident airplane. The pilots obtained the accident airplane on October 15, 2023, at Brown Field Municipal Airport (SDM), San Diego, California, and booked an airplane parking space for that evening through October 18, 2023, at North Las Vegas Airport (VGT), Las Vegas, Nevada. The pilots flew the airplane from SDM to VGT that evening. On October 16, 2023, the pilots flew the airplane from about 1000 to 2000 with stops at St. George Regional Airport (SGU), St George, Utah; Hurricane Municipal Airport (1L8), Hurricane, Utah; Marble Canyon Airport (L41), Marble Canyon, Arizona; and Page Municipal Airport (PGA), Page, Arizona; with subsequent touch-and-go landings performed at Panguitch Municipal Airport (U55), Panguitch, Utah; and Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE), Bryce Canyon, Utah. The right-seat pilot’s PED contained flight planning information that included these flight legs (as entered into a flight planning application) and showed a planned return to VGT that same day. The left-seat pilot’s two PEDs contained several
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient airspeed and exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during initial climb after takeoff, resulting in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing was the pilot’s inadequate preflight airplane performance planning for the high density-altitude.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
