# Accident 20050517010149A: Piper PA34220T, Scottsdale, AZ, May 17, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2005, 13:57 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Scottsdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6228° N, 111.9106° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6228&lon=-111.9106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4162K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4162K-2012-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,601 total, 13 in this make and model, 208 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05CA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050517010149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 17, 2005, AROUND 1357 MST, PIPER SENACA, N4162K, OPERATED AND OWNED BY SABENA AIRLINE TRAINING CENTER, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 21 AT THE SCOTTSDALE AIRPORT, IN ARIZONA. AFTER LANDING THE NOSE AND LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN THE DIRT. THE PILOT A CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT AND THE TWO STUDENTS IN THE AIRPLANE, WERE NOT INJURED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX05CA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA177), May 17, 2005: Piper PA-34-220T (N4162K), Scottsdale, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear, and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight.

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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