# Incident 20050817020169I: Piper PA28161, Tucson, AZ, August 17, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2005, 09:15 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Ryan Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N8351W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8351W) (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 O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 39 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050817020169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FOURTH (4TH) SOLO FLIGHT STUDENT PILOT WAS LANDING AT RYAN FIELD (RYN) RUNWAY 6L. PILOT STATED THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL AT 65 KNOTS AIRSPEED, AS STUDENT PILOT FLARED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TURNING RIGHT; LEFT RUDDER WAS ADDED. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED IN THE DIRT BESIDE THE RUNWAY. MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO THE WINGS FROM LOW BRUSH. NO ADDITIONAL FACTORS AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N8351W (2)

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

- [Accident 20050109000479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050109000479A), Jan 9, 2005: Piper PA28161 (N8351W), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot was on his 4th supervised solo; after landing the student pilot exited the runway onto the dirt/grass area. The aircraft struck a taxiway…
- [Incident 19860108003019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860108003019I), Jan 8, 1986: Piper PA28161 (N8351W), Teterboro, NJ. RPM drop after engine coughed. Returned and found small amount of water in system. Fuel cap seals replaced.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.