# Incident 19960211010519I: Piper PA24400, Scottsdale, AZ, February 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1996, 16:24 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Scottsdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8532P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8532P-2022-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-400 (registry code 7102408, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- Reported engine: LYC IO720A1A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960211010519I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: DOING TOUCH AND GOS AT TIME OF INCIDENT. TORRANCE BAILEY IN RIGHT SEAT ON CONTROLS. MIKE TARASKA STATED THAT HE WAS PIC. LOST CONTROL AND VEERED OFF RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. POSSIBILITY THAT MR. TARASKA WAS ON BRAKES IN LEFT SEAT OR POSSIBLY A LOW TIRE. AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THIS DISCREPANCY WAS FIRST NOTED BY MR. TARASKA ON 2/9/96. HOWEVER, MR. TARASKA CONTINUED TO OPERATE THE AIRCRAFT IN THIS CONDITION. THIS DISCREPANCY DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS INCIDENT. MR. TARASKA WILL NOT COOPERATE IN THAT HE WILL NOT PROVIDE THE CREW HISTORY REQUIRED FOR THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N8532P (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20190827011689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190827011689I), Aug 27, 2019: Piper PA-24-400 (N8532P), Tifton, GA, Minor damage. On Tuesday 8/27/2019, [privacy data omitted] was flying his Piper PA-24, N8532P, from steinhatchee, FL to Tifton, GA. It was a sunny day with light winds. At…
- [Accident 19740602022139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740602022139A), Jun 2, 1974: Piper PA24400 (N8532P), Nw Smyrna Bch, FL, Substantial damage. Demo of acft perf. Atmtd l/o at 100MPH IAS,later at spds up to 120MPH.ctls fnd fully functional.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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