Piper PA-22-160 Pacer, N3551Z: Accident occurred April 15, 2021 at Cottonwood Airport (P52), Yavapai County, Arizona

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

The National Transportation Safety Board did not travel to the scene of this accident.

Additional Participating Entity:

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Scottsdale, Arizona

https://registry.faa.gov/N3551Z

Location: Cottonwood, AZ 

Accident Number: WPR21LA160

Date & Time: April 15, 2021, 11:00 Local 

Registration: N3551Z

Aircraft: Piper PA-22-160 

Injuries: 1 None

Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal

Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information

Aircraft Make: Piper 

Registration: N3551Z

Model/Series: PA-22-160 

Aircraft Category: Airplane

Amateur Built: No

Operator: On file

Operating Certificate(s) Held: None

Operator Designator Code:

Meteorological Information and Flight Plan

Conditions at Accident Site: VMC

Condition of Light: Day

Observation Facility, Elevation: KPRC,5052 ft msl

Observation Time: 00:53 Local

Distance from Accident Site: 20 Nautical Miles 

Temperature/Dew Point: 11°C /-9°C

Lowest Cloud Condition: 

Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: 11 knots / , 170°

Lowest Ceiling: None

Visibility: 10 miles

Altimeter Setting: 29.91 inches Hg 

Type of Flight Plan Filed:

Departure Point: 

Destination:

Wreckage and Impact Information

Crew Injuries: 1 None 

Aircraft Damage: Substantial

Passenger Injuries: 

Aircraft Fire: None

Ground Injuries: 

Aircraft Explosion: None

Total Injuries: 1 None 

Latitude, Longitude: 34.730729,-112.03502 (est)

COTTONWOOD, Arizona  — A single-engine plane suffered a hard landing and some damage Thursday morning at Cottonwood Municipal Airport.

First-responders were quickly on-scene. Cottonwood Police Cmdr. Chris Dowell said the pilot was the only occupant and not seriously injured enough to require being transported by ambulance.

Dowell also said the plane did not leak any fluids during the hard landing. He said the National Transportation Safety Board has been notified.

Cottonwood Police Sgt. Chad Sinn said an officer who was on-scene discovered the airplane had a single occupant who sustained no injuries.

Sinn said the pilot reportedly said that during the landing, the rear end of the light, two-seat aircraft swung around on him, causing the plane to spin out of control and crash. He said the cause of the collision is still under investigation.

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