# Accident 20100321030389A: Piper PA-28-181, Phoenix, AZ, March 21, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2010, 09:25 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Deer Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.6881° N, 112.0881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6881&lon=-112.0881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N428PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N428PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 562 total, 70 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100321030389A

## Narrative

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

THE PIC, AN INSTRUCTOR, WAS DEMONSTRATING A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 7R TO A STUDENT WHEN HE OVER ROTATED AND GOT THE AIRPLANE AIRBORNE PREMATURELY.  CLIMBING OUT OF GROUND EFFECT THE AIRCRAFT THEN DESCENDED BUFFETING AND TURNING TO THE LEFT STRIKING THE LEFT WINGTIP AND MAIN GEAR FIRST IN THE GRASS BETWEEN PARALLEL RUNWAYS.  THE CHEROKEE THEN HIT A DISTANCE REMAINING SIGN BEFORE COMING TO REST BETWEEN RUNWAY 7R AND 7L.

## 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 WPR10CA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA172), Mar 21, 2010: Piper PA-28-181 (N428PA), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to attain and maintain adequate airspeed while demonstrating a soft-field takeoff.

## Other reports on N428PA (3)

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

- [Incident 20140525008129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140525008129I), May 25, 2014: Piper PA-28-181 (N428PA), Gila Bend, AZ, Minor damage. On may 25, 2014, 1015 pacific daylight time, Piper PA23 struck the left wing of a parked aircraft on the ramp during taxiing to the parking area at the Gila…
- [Incident 20120229003269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120229003269I), Feb 29, 2012: Piper PA-28-181 (N428PA), San Diego, CA, No damage. N428PA, a PA-28-181 reported and declared an emergency, loss of power and was unable to maintain altitude prior to landing at montgomery field San Diego, CA.…
- [Incident 20110402005289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110402005289I), Apr 2, 2011: Piper PA-28-181 (N428PA), Deer Valley, AZ, Minor damage. On April 2, 2011 approx 0955 PDT a Piper PA-28-181, N428PA had a prop strike during landing sequence on runway 7L and Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (dvt). Sole…

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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