# Incident 20030201006649I: Piper PA28161, St Augustine, FL, February 1, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2003, 11:14 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Airport: St Augustine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9593° N, 81.3397° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST AUGUSTINE (SGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9593&lon=-81.3397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N149FA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N149FA-2022-02-05) (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: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030201006649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02-01-2003, STUDENT PILOT JOHN FAZIO WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT AND MAKING HIS FIRST SOLO LANDING ON RUNWAY 31 AT ST. AUGUSTINE AIRPORT, ST. AUGUSTINE, FL IN PIPER, PA-28, N149FA. WINDS WERE VARIABLE FROM 290 TO 330 @ 12, GUSTING TO 17 KNOTS. UPON TOUCHDOWN, MR. FAZIO LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND STRUCK A PAPI LIGHT SYSTEM. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND MR. FAZIO WAS NOT INJURED. MR. FAZIO'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, ANTHONY W. KACZOR, 19999142CFI, WAS COUNSELED REGARDING WEATHER CONDITIONS SUITABLE FOR FIRST SOLO FLIGHTS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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