# Incident 20100628036379I: Piper PA-28-161, Goodyear, AZ, June 28, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2010, 07:23 local time
- Place: Goodyear, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Goodyear
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4233° N, 112.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX GOODYEAR (GYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4233&lon=-112.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N271SG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N271SG) (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 PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100628036379I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT ON MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 28, HE WAS FLYING HIS SECOND SOLO LESSON AND WHILE DOING TOUCH-AND-GO'S AT THE GOODYEAR AIRPORT, KGYR, HE STATED THAT HE EXECUTED A NORMAL APPROACH BUT UPON TOUCHDOWN HE USED SOME RUDDER INPUT TO MAINTAIN CENTERLINE HE ALSO STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT FELT AS IF IT WERE HYDROPLANING AND BECAME UNSTABLE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN STOPPED RUDDER INPUT AND APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE AS THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO EXIT THE LEFT (EAST) SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE THROTTLE CLOSED.  A TAXI LIGHT WAS STRUCK WITH THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE AS HE LEFT THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE ONLY TO THE TAXI LIGHT.  THE TOWER THEN INSTRUCTED HIM TO SHUTDOWN THE AIRCRAFT.  WEATHER WAS NOT CONSIDERED A FACTOR.  KGYR WEATHER SPECIAL 1430Z; WIND VRB 04, VSBY 20, FEW 180, 32/08.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSTRUCTOR,  STATED THAT HE HAD NOT OBSERVED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAVING ANY SERIOUS DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ISSUES ON LANDING PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT AND THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GENERALLY DID A GOOD JOB OF LANDING ON CENTERLINE.  INSPECTOR SCHENEWARK COUNSELED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON COMMON ERRORS IN APPROACH AND LANDING AND ON PROPER LANDING TECHNIQUES AS WELL AS USE OF A GO-AROUND.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SEEMED KNOWLEDGEABLE ON THE PROPER CORRECTIVE TECHNIQUES AND COMMON APPROACH AND LANDING ERRORS. INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALSO REVIEWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOGBOOK, CERTIFICATES, ENDORSEMENTS AND TRAINING RECORDS.  THESE RECORDS WERE IN ORDER WITH NO DESCRPENTCIES.ITEM #31F SHOULD READ N80JY, AS HIS DOMICLE ZIP CODE IS IN LONDON, ENGLAND.END

## Other reports on N271SG (1)

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

- [Accident 20210330003209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210330003209A), Mar 30, 2021: Piper PA-28-161 (N271SG), Glades City, FL, Minor damage. Part 141 flight school [privacy data omitted]Piper PA-28-161, registration N271SG with a private pilot and student pilot on a time building flight experience…

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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