# Incident 20040824018579I: Piper PA28161, Casa Grande, AZ, August 24, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2004, 12:00 local time
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Airport: Casa Grande Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: I6ZS
- Location: 32.9549° N, 111.7668° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CASA GRANDE MUNI (CGZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9549&lon=-111.7668&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47931, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47931-2009-05-28) (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: 47 total, 43 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040824018579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY. THE STUDENT PILOT STOPPED AT CASA GRANDE AIRPORT (CGZ); AS HE WAS TAXIING OUT FOR TAKEOFF HE RECEIVED A CALL FROM UNICOM TO RETURN TO THE TERMINAL AND CALL HIS INSTRUCTOR ON THE TELEPHONE REFERENCE WEATHER. THE STUDENT WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH ALL THE TAXIWAYS AT THE CGZ AIRPORT. THE TAXIWAY ALONG SIDE RUNWAY 5/23 WAS TOO NARROW TO TURN AROUND, THE STUDENT PILOT STOPPED AND CONSULTED HIS AIRPORT FACILITY DIRECTORY (AFD). THE AFD SHOWED A TAXIWAY BACK TO THE RAMP HOWEVER THE TAXIWAY DEPICTED IS USED AS A ROAD. AS THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE MAIN RAMP AREA THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK A SIGN. STUDENT PILOT STOPPED AND SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND TELEPHONED HIS BASE REPORTING THE INCIDENT. NO ADDITIONAL CAUSAL FACTORS AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N47931 (1)

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

- [Accident 19891218051939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891218051939A), Dec 18, 1989: Piper PA28161 (N47931), Albany, NY, Minor damage. Left brake locked on landing, causing aircraft to make left turn off runway into trees.

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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