# Incident 20070723016099I: Piper PA28181, Mesa, AZ, July 23, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2007, 10:15 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- 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: N4140W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4140W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070723016099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N4140W, PA28, STUDENT LOST CONTROL ON DEPARTURE RWY 22L AT FALCON FIELD AIRPORT, MESA, AZ. INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT STRUCK TWO RUNWAY LIGHTS, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. INSTRUCTOR STATES HE LET THE STUDENT GO TOO FAR BEFORE HE TOOK OVER CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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