# Incident 20040316003989I: Piper PA28161, Chandler, AZ, March 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2004, 08:40 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HQ8S
- Location: 33.2691° N, 111.8111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHANDLER MUNI (CHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2691&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8400A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8400A-2013-08-21) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040316003989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT IN A PIPER PA-28 N8400A WAS ON FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO AFTER COMPLETING FIRST TAKEOFF AND LANDING; STUDENT TAXIED TO RUNUP AREA AND PULLED IN BEHIND A PIPER ARROW N55068. UPON RECEIVING TAKEOFF CLEARANCE THE STUDENT PILOT STARTED TO TAXI AND THE RIGHT WING OF THE PA-28 N8400A SLID UP AND OVER THE PIPER ARROW N55068. THE PIPER PA-28 N8400A WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO HAVE MINOR DAMAGE A SMALL DENT 3 FEET FROM THE RIGHT WINGTIP AND PAINT SCRAPS ON THE BOTTOM WING SURFACE. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE PIPER ARROW N55068 WAS INSPECTED AND HAD A MINOR CRACK IN FIBERGLASS OF THE LEFT WING TIP WHICH WAS REPAIRED AND SMALL PAINT SCRAPS WERE ALSO PRESENT, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO ADDITIONAL CAUSAL FACTORS AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N8400A (1)

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

- [Accident 20080303012009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080303012009A), Mar 3, 2008: Piper PA28161 (N8400A), Sacaton, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) On site visual inspection by sdl FSDO inspector conducted. Pictures were taken and original statements collected from both on board flight instructor and…

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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