# Accident 20090714018009A: Piper PA28R180, Tucson, AZ, July 14, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2009, 07:30 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1094° N, 110.9378° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1094&lon=-110.9378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3953T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3953T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 724 total, 22 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA345) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090714018009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INTERVIEWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE FOLLOWING WAS RELATED DURING THE INTERVIEW, ON THE MORNING OF 07/17/2009, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID A PREFLIGHT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED AIRCRAFT AND NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PROCEEDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT AND PERFORMED SEVERAL LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS (TOUCH AND GO'S).  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT AFTER FIVE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS HE PERFORMED A POST FLIGHT WALKAROUND INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTICED THE DAMAGE ON TOP OF THE RIGHT WING.  ONCE MORE, I ASKED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IF THE DAMAGE WAS THERE PRIOR TO FLIGHT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE ALWAYS DOES A THOROUGH PREFLIGHT AND HE WOULD HAVE NOTICED THE DAMAGE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WENT ON TO STATE THAT THE THIRD LANDING WAS PERFORMED SIMULATING SHORT FIELD CONDITIONS AND HEAVY BRAKING WAS APPLIED.  FOLLOWING THE INTERVIEW IT WAS NOTED THAT BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES HAD FLAT SPOTS (AIRCRAFT ON JACKS).

## 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 WPR09CA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA345), Jul 14, 2009: Piper PA-28R-180 (N3953T), Tucson, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A hard landing or abnormal runway contact by one or both pilots.

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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