Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Page Muni Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Page, Arizona 86040
Saturday, May 10, 2014 15:45 MST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On May 10, 2014, about 1545 Mountain standard time, a Cessna T207A, N7311U, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain during landing at the Page Municipal Airport (PGA), Page, Arizona. The airplane was registered to and operated by American Aviation, Page, under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The airline transport pilot and four passengers sustained minor injuries, one passenger sustained serious injuries, and one passenger was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a company flight plan was filed for the local sightseeing fight. The flight originated from PGA about 20 minutes prior to the accident.
The pilot reported that about half way into a 40-minute sightseeing flight, he noticed reduction in engine power. Despite the pilot's attempts, he was unable to correct the power reduction and initiated a turn towards the airport. The pilot stated that he entered the airport traffic pattern for runway 15 about 1,000 feet above ground level, and applied 10-degrees of flaps just prior to turning base. After turning onto final for the runway, the airplane suddenly descended abruptly, impacted terrain, and nosed over. The pilot reported that he thought the airplane experienced a downdraft on final prior to impact with the ground.
Multiple witnesses located adjacent to the accident site reported observing the accident airplane on final for runway 15 and suddenly descend rapidly into terrain in a normal approach to landing attitude.
Examination of the accident site revealed that the airplane impacted soft terrain about 390 feet short of the approach end of runway 15, slightly left of the runway. All major structural components of the airplane were located within about 30 feet of the main wreckage. The wreckage was recovered to a secure location for further examination.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/10/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1545 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Standard Time |
| Event City | Page |
| Event State | ARIZONA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 86040 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 365602N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1112659W |
| Event Location Airport | PAGE MUNI |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | PGA |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | -- |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 352 |
| Airport Elevation | 4316 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 2253 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 170 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KPGA |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 4310 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | UTC |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 11000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 26 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -1 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 220 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 14 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.6 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KPGA 102253Z AUTO 22006G14KT 10SM OVC110 26/ |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | 5 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 7 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Regional Operations Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | May 13 2014 5:31PM |
| User who most recently changed record | cawj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N7311U |
| NTSB Number | WPR14FA186 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | Company VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | T207A |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 20700395 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3800 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 7 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | C91 |
| Aircraft Owner Name | American Aviation Inc |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Salt Lake City |
| Aircraft Owner State | UT |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 84116 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | American Aviation Inc |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Page |
| Operator State | AZ |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 86040 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Aerial Observation |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | PGA |
| Departure City | Page |
| Departure State | AZ |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1509 |
| Departure Time Zone | MST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | PGA |
| Destination City | Page |
| Destination State | AZ |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | May 15 2014 8:42PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 15 |
| Runway Length | 5950 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | Yes |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |