# Incident 20060418005299I: Piper PA28181, Scottsdale, AZ, April 18, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2006, 07:50 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Scottsdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N961WC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060418005299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 18, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 0750 MST, N961WC, A PIPER PA-28-181, WITH STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING AN APPROACH AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 03 AT SCOTTSDALE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SDL). THIS WAS THE FIRST SOLO APPROACH OF THE DAY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ WAS IN CLOSED TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 03. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY BETWEEN TAXIWAYS A-6 AND A-7. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP JUST PRIOR TO ENTERING THE MAIN RAMP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FORWARD SIDE OF THE ELEVATOR. A ONE TO TWO INCH DENT WAS FOUND ON THE LEADING EDGE. MAINTENANCE HAS DECIDED TO RE-SKIN THE LEADING EDGE OF THE ELEVATOR. THE LONE OCCUPANT DID NOT HAVE ANY INJURIES.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; 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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