# Accident 20081205853939A: Piper PA28161, Goodyear, AZ, December 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2008, 14:30 local time
- Place: Goodyear, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Goodyear
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OXZS
- Location: 33.4283° N, 112.3797° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4283&lon=-112.3797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N268ML, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N268ML-2019-11-21) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 199 total, 19 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081205853939A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO OPERATIONS WHEN POWERING UP AFTER A HARD LANDING TO THE LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE LEFT APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES OFF OF THE CENTERLINE AS POWER WAS APPLIED TO THE AIRCRAFT.  SKID MARKS FROM THE NOSE WHEEL AND RIGHT MAIN TIRES WERE MADE FOR 300 FEET ARCHING TO THE LEFT.  WITNESS STATEMENTS INDICATE THAT THE LEFT WING ROSE AS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED ABRUPTLY LEFT ON THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF THE RUNWAY HITTING A RUNWAY MARKER SIGN WITH ITS RIGHT WING AS THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED THE WING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED TO DISAPPEAR IN A CLOUD OF DUST AS IT TRAVELED 485 FEET ACROSS THE DESERT LEAVING ONLY ONE TIRE MARK APPARENTLY MADE BY THE NOSE TIRE.  THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS FOUND ABOUT 200 FEET FROM THE POINT OF DEPARTURE FROM THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN HIT A DIP FOR A DRAINAGE GRID AT THE EDGE OF THE ADJOINING TAXIWAY AND SPUN CLOCKWISE AS VIEWED FROM ABOVE ON THE PAVED TAXIWAY AND CAME TO A STOP.  THE TOTAL DISTANCE TRAVELED FROM THE ONSET OF THE SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY TO WHERE THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE TAXIWAY WAS ABOUT 800 FEET.  THE NOSE WHEEL FORK WAS BENT TO THE LEFT APPARENTLY FROM THE FORCES WHEN SKIDDING DURING THE HARD LEFT HAND TURN ON THE RUNWAY AND THE TAIL SKID WAS BENT TO THE RIGHT WITH SIDE TO SIDE SCRAPPING ON THE BOTTOM CONSISTENT WITH THE ROTATION TO THE RIGHT ON THE TAXIWAY.  THE METAL STEP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS BENT BACK, DIRT WAS SPRAYED OVER THE LEFT HAD SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AFT OF THE STEP, AND THERE WERE A COUPLE GOUGES IN THE DIRT ALIGNING WITH THE LOCATION OF THE STEP IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE TRAVEL FROM THE RUNWAY TO THE TAXIWAY.  ONLY ACCIDENT RELATED DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE AIRCRAFT. NO SYSTEM OR STRUCTURAL FAILURES WERE FOUND THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE LOSS OF CONTROL.

## 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 WPR09CA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA054), Dec 5, 2008: Piper PA-28-161 (N268ML), Goodyear, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control during takeoff.

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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