# Accident 20100128026509A: Piper PA-28-181, Deer Valley, AZ, January 28, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2010, 08:34 local time
- Place: Deer Valley, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.6903° N, 112.1158° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6903&lon=-112.1158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N293PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N293PA-2011-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 67 total, 67 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100128026509A

## Narrative

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

Z1531:36, STUDENT PILOT, JINGDUO ZHAI (AMY), WAS CLEARED FOR DEPARTURE FROM DEER VALLEY AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 7R. AFTER DEPARTURE, SHE REACHED CRUISING ALTITUDE AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET.  WHILE STILL IN THE PATTERN, SHE REQUESTED PERMISSION FROM DVT ATC TO RETURN TO DEER VALLEY AIRPORT DUE TO LOW CEILINGS. AT 15:36:35, DVT ATC RECEIVED LAST TRANSMISSION FROM STUDENT PILOT, JINGDUO ZHAI (AMY). NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WERE RECEIVED. AIRCRAFT N293PA THAT STUDENT PILOT, JINGDUO ZHAI (AMY) WAS FLYING CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 1.49 MILES WEST OF DEER VALLEY AIRPORT AFTER STRIKING POWER LINES AND A UTILITY POLE.  THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 WPR10FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA120), Jan 28, 2010: Piper PA-28-181 (N293PA), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot’s decision to take off in marginal visual flight rules conditions, which resulted in an encounter with low clouds, and the pilot's failure to maintain clearance from wires while…

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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