20020208001679I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Phoenix, AZ · February 8, 2002

Date
February 8, 2002 · 12:41 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Williams Gateway Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4185Q
Reported as
Piper PA28161
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
18 total18 in this make and model18 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) Airman was on a local solo flight. The ATIS called for wind calm but the airman says a crosswind existed at the time. He was cleared for touch and go. Upon landing, he went off the side of the runway onto the asphalt and hit a taxiway sign. Minor damage to leading edge. No injury.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRMAN WAS ON A LOCAL SOLO FLIGHT. THE ATIS CALLED FOR WIND CALM BUT THE AIRMAN SAYS A CROSSWIND EXISTED AT THE TIME. HE WAS CLEARED FOR TOUCH AND GO. UPON LANDING, HE WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE ASPHALT AND HIT A TAXIWAY SIGN. MINOR DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGE. NO INJURY.