# Incident 20000131003749I: Piper PA28161, Phoenix, AZ, January 31, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2000, 13:45 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Williams Gateway Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N114ND, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N114ND-2019-11-29) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 62 total, 22 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000131003749I

## Narrative

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

(.23)PILOT STATEMENT: RETURNED AT 1030 FOR DE-BRIEF AND CHAT WITH COLBY. LEFT FOR THE AIRCRAFT AT 1140.  NEEDED FUEL SO CALLED REFUELLLER. TAXY AT 1202 LOCAL AND TOOK OFF AT 1215.  COMPLETED 7 TO 8 CLOSE PATTERNS, SOME STOP GO AND THE OTHERS TOUCH AND GO.  DEPARTED TO THE LOCAL AREA B IN THE SOUTH EAST AND PRACTICED A NUMBER OF ENGINE POWER LOSS AT HEIGHT MANEUVERS.  SOME TURBULENCE IN THE AIR.  RETURNED TO WILLIAMS  AFTER THAT.  GOT INFORMATION 'X' FROM THE ATIS AND CONTACTED TOWER.  REPORTED A 4 MILE BASE FOR 30 LEFT.  I WAS SWITCHED TO 30 CENTRE AND I DID ONE TOUCH AND GO.  I WAS THEN CLEARED FOR 30 LEFT AND INSTRUCTED TO REPORT BASE WHICH I DID AND REQUESTED A FULL STOP LANDING.  CRABBED INTO IN THE WIND TO MAINTAIN RUNWAY CENTRE-LINE.  WHEN I TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN OUT IN THE FLARE I GOT NO RESPONSE FOR THE RUDDER.  I SKIDDED SIDEWAYS AND ENDED UP IN THE DIRT.

## Other reports on N114ND (1)

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

- [Accident 19910416011341A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910416011341A), Apr 16, 1991: Piper PA28161 (N114ND), Grand Forks, ND, Minor damage. Saw N143ND on converging course entering pattern. Tried to avoid but pilot slashed his stabilator.

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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