# NTSB Accident WPR23LA334
> **PIPER PA-28-140** · 2023-09-02 · Prescott, AZ, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR23LA334
- **Event ID:** 20230905193011
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2023-09-02
- **Location:** Prescott, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.638338, -112.43544
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 4
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-28-140
- **Registration:** N6834W
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot-in-command’s inadequate preflight planning for the high density altitude and relative humidity conditions and his failure to recognize the need to reject the takeoff, allowing the student pilot to execute an abnormally long takeoff roll and apply excessive nose-high control inputs, which resulted in rotation with inadequate climb performance and an inflight collision with terrain.

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