# Incident 20011022029749I: Piper PA28181, Goodyear, AZ, October 22, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2001, 07:45 local time
- Place: Goodyear, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Goodyear Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4233° N, 112.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX GOODYEAR (GYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4233&lon=-112.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4166H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4166H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011022029749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING THE THIRD LANDING ON THE STUDENT'S FIRST SOLO FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT LANDING ON THE MAIN GEAR THEN BEGAN PORPOISING. THE PORPOISING STOPPED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE NOSE WHEEL WHICH THEN BROKE OFF THE STRUT. FOLLOWING THE NOSE WHEEL BREAKING OFF, THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY CAUSING A SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE AND DAMAGED PROP. THERE WAS ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING, ENGINE MOUNT, AND LOWER FUSELAGE. THE PILOT'S STATEMENT INDICATED THAT DURING THE PORPOISING SHE WAS HOLDING AFT ELEVATOR CONTROL BUT DID NOT APPLY POWER OR ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND.

## Other reports on N4166H (1)

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

- [Incident 20130901016169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130901016169I), Sep 1, 2013: Piper PA-28-181 (N4166H), Phoenix, AZ, No damage. 09/01/2013 Aircraft was flying was being flown by a student pilot 20 miles west of the Deer valley airport. The engine began running rough and the instructor…

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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