# Incident 20010802020419I: Piper PA28161, Phoenix, AZ, August 2, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2001, 17:30 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4311A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4311A) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010802020419I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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