# Accident 20000609014369A: Piper PA28161, Phoenix, AZ, June 9, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2000, 10:45 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Williams Gateway Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3306° N, 111.6307° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3306&lon=-111.6307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115ND (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 44 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000609014369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON LANDING ROLLOUT PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY AFTER ENCOUNTERING LOCALIZED WIND GUST. AFTER DEPARTING THE RUNWAY THE A/C STRUCK A RUNWAY DISTANCE MARKER CAUSING DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING TIP, WING SPAR AND WING ATTACH POINT. (.4) ON JUNE 9, 2000, AT 1045 HOURS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-28- 161, N115ND, STRUCK A DISTANCE REMAINING MARKER SIGN ON THE LANDING ROLLOUT AT THE WILLIAMS GATEWAY AIRPORT, MESA, ARIZONA. THE AIRPLANE, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED FOR THE LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 0900 FROM THE ACCIDENT AIRPORT AND WAS SCHEDULED TO TERMINATE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE STUDENT PILOT, ON A SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT, HAD RETURNED FROM THE PRACTICE AREA TO PRACTICE STOP-AND-GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 12R. ON THE FIRST LANDING THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND STRUCK A DISTANCE REMAINING SIGN WITH THE RIGHT WING. AFTER THE COLLISION, THE AIRPLANE TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE AUTOMATIC TERMINAL INFO    RMATION SYSTEM (ATIS) BROADCAST LOCATED ON THE FIELD REPORTED AT 0947 THE WINDS TO BE 120 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS. AT 1050, THE WINDS WERE REPORTED TO BE FROM 180 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS. WITNESSES AT THE ACCIDENT SITE REPORTED THAT THE WINDS WERE VARIABLE IN DIRECTION WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK (POH), THE DEMONSTRATED CROSSWIND CAPABILITY FOR THIS AIRPLANE IS 17 KNOTS. ACCORDING TO THE CHART, THE EFFECTIVE CROSSWIND COMPONENT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 17 KNOTS. THE STUDENT HAD RECEIVED THE PRESCRIBED DUAL INSTRUCTION IN THE PERFORMANCE OF CROSSWIND LANDINGS ACCORDING TO HIS TRAINING RECORDS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX00LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA219), Jun 9, 2000: Piper PA-28-161 (N115ND), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain directional control in that he failed to properly position the ailerons during his landing roll. Gusty, crosswind conditions, from a direction and velocity that…

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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