# Accident 20110616012409A: Piper PA-28-161, Goodyear, AZ, June 16, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2011, 11:02 local time
- Place: Goodyear, AZ
- Airport: Goodyear
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: OXZS
- Location: 33.7000° N, 112.6167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7000&lon=-112.6167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N434K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N434K-2017-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-D3G (registry code 42156, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-d3g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-D3G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,820 total, 3,170 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA298) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110616012409A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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- [NTSB WPR11CA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA298), Jun 16, 2011: Piper PA-28-161 (N434K), Goodyear, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's delayed remedial action and failure to maintain lateral control.

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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