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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Mesa, AZ · May 3, 2005

Date: May 3, 2005 · 09:41 local
Place: Mesa, AZ
Airport: Falcon Field Airport
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6412J
Reported as: Piper PA28180
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A3A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 35 total35 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N6412JRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2006 · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-4829 · Built 1968 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During the student pilot's second solo flight, while performing touch and gos he was informed by radio that he had lost something from the airplane. He returned and landed the airplane without incident and discovered that the right main wheel skirt had departed the airplane. Maintenance at Arizona aviation on Falcon field informed the owner that the wheel skirt came off when the attach points failed due to fatigue cracks.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING THE STUDENT PILOT'S SECOND SOLO FLIGHT, WHILE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOS HE WAS INFORMED BY RADIO THAT HE HAD LOST SOMETHING FROM THE AIRPLANE. HE RETURNED AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE WITHOUT INCIDENT AND DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL SKIRT HAD DEPARTED THE AIRPLANE. MAINTENANCE AT ARIZONA AVIATION ON FALCON FIELD INFORMED THE OWNER THAT THE WHEEL SKIRT CAME OFF WHEN THE ATTACH POINTS FAILED DUE TO FATIGUE CRACKS.