# Incident 20050503008109I: Piper PA28180, Mesa, AZ, May 3, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2005, 09:41 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6412J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6412J-2006-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050503008109I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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