# Incident 19970807028719I: Piper PA28161, Buckeye, AZ, August 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1997, 14:50 local time
- Place: Buckeye, AZ
- Airport: Buckeye Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4225° N, 112.6862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCKEYE MUNI (BXK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4225&lon=-112.6862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47615, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47615) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970807028719I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING PART 61, LOCAL AREA SOLO TAKEOFF AND LANDING PRACTICE. AFTER LANDING, THE SOLO STUDENT WAS TAXIING BACK FOR ANOTHER DEPARTURE AND WHILE TAXIING AT AN ENGINE RPM OF 1100, WAS UNABLE TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT TO NEGOTIATE A LEFT 90 DEGREE TURN TO THE RUNWAY AND ENDED UP LEAVING THE TAXIWAY STRAIGHT AHEAD. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WENT THROUGH A DITCH THAT CAUSED THE LEFT GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A FULL STOP JUST SLIGHTLY PASSED THE DITCH WITH IT'S PROP AND ENGINE COWL EMBEDDED INTO A LARGE BUSH, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N47615 (1)

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

- [Incident 20211111019329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211111019329I), Nov 11, 2021: Piper PA-28-161 (N47615), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. Student pilot was on a solo flight and the air speed was to fast when the student landed and could not slowdown in time to make the turn onto the taxi way and…

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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