# Incident 20120703018899I: Piper PA-28-235, Tucson, AZ, July 3, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88FB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88FB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120703018899I

## Narrative

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

ON 07/03/2012, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (#2046725) PILOTED N88FB.  HER WRITTEN STATEMENT INDICATES THAT WHILE FLYING THE AIRCRAFT ON 07/03/2012 TO TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SHE HAD A LOSS OF RUDDER CONTROL.  HER STATEMENT INDICATES THAT WHEN SHE WAS LANDING, SHE ALSO NOTED A LOSS OF ELEVATOR CONTROL.  SHE STATED THAT SHE LANDED ON RUNWAY 21 AT TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH NO INJURIES TO HERSELF AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT REPORT THIS INCIDENT TO THE NTSB UNTIL 07/17/2012.  NTSB INVESTIGATOR MICHAEL HUHN REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO SDL FSDO ON 07/17/2012.  THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT MECHANICS CHAD KASEL INSPECTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HARLIE D. DECKARD, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^IA INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND CONTROL SYSTEMS BUT DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG.  THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN SOLD AND IS NO LONGER IN THE SDL-FSDO DISTRICT AREA.

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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