# Incident 20020208001679I: Piper PA28161, Phoenix, AZ, February 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2002, 12:41 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Williams Gateway Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4185Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4185Q-2014-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020208001679I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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