# Accident 20040114000959A: Piper PA28181, Scottsdale, AZ, January 14, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2004, 12:17 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Scottsdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6203° N, 111.9061° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6203&lon=-111.9061&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4160A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4160A-2004-04-02) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040114000959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING HIS FIRST SOLO TOUCH AND GO. HE DID NOT RETRACT THE WING FLAPS PRIOR TO THE TAKEOFF PORTION OF THE TOUCH AND GO. THE NOSE WHEEL REMAINED IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AFTER THE MAIN LANDING GEAR LIFTED OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A TAXIWAY MARKER SIGN. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BROKE OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE TAXIWAY SIGN BROKE AWAY FROM THE SURFACE MOUNTS. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ACROSS THE INFIELD AND THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY THEN COLLIDED WITH A TEE HANGAR AND AN AIRCRAFT PARKED INSIDE THE TEE HANGAR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT BOTH AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO FIRE. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. THERE WAS A HIGH OVERCAST AND THE WIND WAS CALM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX04CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA093), Jan 14, 2004: Piper PA-28-181 (N4160A), Scottsdale, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain directional control on the takeoff roll. A factor in the accident was the pilot's failure to retract the flaps.

## Other reports on N4160A (1)

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

- [Incident 20030113000309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030113000309I), Jan 13, 2003: Piper PA28181 (N4160A), Glendale, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated on third landing of first supervised solo, aircraft bounced the control wheel may have been pushed forward after the first bounce. Aircraft…

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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