20110616012409A

AT APPROXIMATELY 1102 PST ON JUNE 16, 2011, N434K, OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SUFFERED A RIGHT WING STRIKE AGAINST THE RUNWAY DURING TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 21 AT GOODYEAR (GYR) AIRPORT, ARIZONA.SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 21, THE TOWER CONTROLLER OBSERVED THE RIGHT WING DIP, BUT WAS UNSURE IF IT MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE CONTROL TOWER ASKED THE PILOT IF THEY NEEDED ANY ASSISTANCE AND THE PILOT RESPONDED THEY WERE OKAY AND CONTINUED THE FLIGHT TO THE PRACTICE AREA AND BACK.ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHO IS EMPLOYED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, THE FLIGHT WAS PART OF A TRAINING LESSON IN WHICH STUDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS PRACTICING SOFT FIELD TAKEOFFS. ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONDUCTED AN UNEVENTFUL SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF ROLL, BUT SHORTLY AFTER LIFT OFF ALLOWED THE AIRPLANES NOSE ATTITUDE TO GET TOO HIGH. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO LEAVE GROUND EFFECT PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED AIRSPEED BEING OBTAINED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT AFTER VERBALLY INSTRUCTING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO LOWER THE NOSE, HE TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO TRY AND AVOID HITTING THE GROUND. THE PLANE FELL OUT OF GROUND EFFECT AND LANDED AGAIN HARD ACCORDING TO ALL OCCUPANTS, HOWEVER ALL OCCUPANTS STATED THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF STRIKING THE WING. NOT KNOWING THEY HAD HIT THE WING ON THE GROUND, THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO THE PRACTICE AREA AND RETURNED TO GYR APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES LATER.ALSO ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT DURING THIS FLIGHT WAS A STUDENT OBSERVING THE LESSON FROM THE BACK SEAT.UPON RETURNING TO GYR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CALLED MAINTENANCE TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO A HARD LANDING. UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, A SCRATCH THAT REMOVED THE PAINT FROM THE RIGHT WING TIP WAS FOUND. FURTHER INSPECTION PERFORMED AT A LATER DATE BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE REAR SPAR OF THE AIRCRAFT.