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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Phoenix, AZ · August 2, 2001

Date
August 2, 2001 · 17:30 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4311A
Reported as
Piper PA28161
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
19 total19 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During supervised solo pilot ballooned during round out followed hard landing which resulted in a bounce. During the bounce the pilot failed to either execute a go around or maintain sufficient back pressure to prevent hitting the runway nose first. Resultant nose first hard landing caused th e prop to strike the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING SUPERVISED SOLO PILOT BALLOONED DURING ROUND OUT FOLLOWED HARD LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN A BOUNCE. DURING THE BOUNCE THE PILOT FAILED TO EITHER EXECUTE A GO AROUND OR MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT BACK PRESSURE TO PREVENT HITTING THE RUNWAY NOSE FIRST. RESULTANT NOSE FIRST HARD LANDING CAUSED TH E PROP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY.