# Accident 20080625843529A: Piper PA28181, Mesa, AZ, June 25, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2008, 12:23 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4681° N, 111.7283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4681&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4144P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4144P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080625843529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON HIS THIRD SOLO FLIGHT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RWY 22R AT FALCON FIELD AIRPORT, MESA, AZ. BOUNCED AND THEN EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN. THE AIRCRFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE STUDENT REPORTED NO INJURIES.

## 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 LAX08CA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA199), Jun 25, 2008: Piper PA-28-181 (N4144P), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing and failure to maintain directional control.

## Other reports on N4144P (1)

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

- [Accident 20221218019089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221218019089A), Dec 18, 2022: Piper PA-28-181 (N4144P), San Manuel, AZ, Substantial damage. On 12/18/2022 at 14:25 (local), at the San Manuel Airport (E77), aircraft [privacy data omitted] veered off of the runway while landing. There was a pilot and…

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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