# Accident 20091203053909A: Piper PA-28R-200, Nogales, AZ, December 3, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2009, 10:30 local time
- Place: Nogales, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Location: 31.4178° N, 110.8478° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4178&lon=-110.8478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2085T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2085T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091203053909A

## Narrative

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

THE SCOTTSDALE FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (SDL FSDO) WAS NOTIFIED ON 12-04-2009, 1730 MST THAT A PIPER PA-28R-200, N2085T AND S/N 28R-7135029 HAD SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING UPPER SKIN.  THE DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED DURING A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION BY TIFFIN AVIATION CFI JESSE REYES.  THE CFI IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FLOWN EARLIER FOR 14 CFR PART 61 FLIGHT INSTRUCTION.  THE PRIVATE PILOT HENNA DEEPAK JASHNANI IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT INDICATED THAT SHE HAD JUST COMPLETED A COMMERCIAL END OF COURSE PRACTICAL TEST (MANEUVERS TO PTS STANDARDS) AND WAS PREPARING TO PRACTICE A POWER OFF 180 PRIOR TO A SCHEDULED CHECK RIDE.  MS. JASHNANI WAS NOT AWARE OF THE LEFT HAND WING UPPER SURFACE SKIN DAMAGE UNTI CFI REYES POINTED IT OUT TO HER DURING HIS WALK AROUND INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE BY TIFFIN AVIATION.

## 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 WPR10CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA086), Dec 3, 2009: Piper PA-28R-200 (N2085T), Nogales, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student's improper landing flare and the flight instructor's inadequate remedial action.

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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