# Incident 19980321006949I: Piper PA34200T, Mesa, AZ, March 21, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1998, 14:18 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1359H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1359H-2005-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,525 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980321006949I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD LINED UP PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 22 AT FALCON FIELD IN MESA, AZ THE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR IN THE CESSNA 150 WERE LINED UP PERPENDICULAR TO RUNWAY 22 DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE PIPER. THE PILOT OF THE PIPER STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS HOLDING THE PARKING BRAKE WITH HIS FEET HE WAS LOOKING DOWN IN THE COCKPIT REACHING FOR THE PREFLIGHT CHECK LIST. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TO ROLL INTO THE CESSNA STRIKING THE CESSNA IN THE LEFT AILERON WITH THE LEFT PROPELLER OF THE PIPER. THE CESSNA WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY DAMAGED WHILE NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE PIPER. THE PILOT OF THE PIPER HAD FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF HIS AIRCRAFT AS STATED BY THE PILOT TO THE FAA INSPECTOR. PILOT HAD A GOOD COMPLIANCE ATTITUDE AND WAS VERY COOPERATIVE TO THE INSPECTOR. THE PILOT NOTED THAT BETTER COCKPIT ORGANIZATION BEFORE TAXI OUT WOULD BE IN ORDER.

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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