# Incident 20040728016399I: Piper PA28161, Tucson, AZ, July 28, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2004, 06:50 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Ryan Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: I6ZS
- Location: 32.1422° N, 111.1746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RYAN FLD (RYN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1422&lon=-111.1746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84245, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84245-2009-03-31) (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: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040728016399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING HIS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. ON THE LAST OF THE SOLO LANDINGS, RYAN TOWER REQUESTED THE PILOT TO TURN RIGHT ONTO TAXIWAY 5. THE STUDENT COMPLIED WITH THE REQUEST; THE AIRCRAFT SPEED WAS EXCESSIVE AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY INTO THE DIRT. THE STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT BACK ONTO THE TAXIWAY AND STRUCK THE TAXIWAY SIGN B-5. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS TO THE LEFT WING. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO RIB DAMAGE TO THE WING ONLY ONE SKIN PANEL WAS DAMAGED. NO OTHER CAUSAL FACTORS AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N84245 (2)

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

- [Incident 20070913022109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070913022109I), Sep 13, 2007: Piper PA28161 (N84245), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) The student pilot [privacy data omitted] was taxiing aircraft (N84245) on ramp at Ryan airport when right wing struck fuel truck. Aircraft pulled to the…
- [Accident 20040513009959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040513009959A), May 13, 2004: Piper PA28161 (N84245), Tucson, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was taxiing to parking area. The taxiway was adjacent to a large administration building. A back-hoe equipped tractor was operating behind the…

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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