# Incident 20130323004729I: Piper PA-28-181, Phoenix, AZ, March 23, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2013, 10:22 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Deer Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N430PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N430PA-2019-06-13) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130323004729I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT SOLO PILOT ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 7R AT KDVT STATED THAT HE KNEW THE WINDS GUSTING MORE THAN 20 KNOTS CONTINUED HIS APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN NORMALLY ON CENTERLINE THEN A GUST OF WIND FROM THE SOUTH AND THE STUDENT FAILED TO PUT THE PROPER CROSSWIND CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF OF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRAVEL ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON TAXIWAY B5.  THE STUDENT THEN TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE RAMP.

STUDENT PILOT WAS COUNSELLED AND ALSO REICIEVED REMEDIAL GROUND AND FLIGHT  TRAINING INCLUDING TOPICS OF AERONAUTICAL DECISION MAKING, PERSONAL LIMITATIONS, DIVERSIONS, AND OVERALL SAFETY OF FLIGHT ALONG WITH 2.8 HOURS OF FLIGHT TRAINING OF CROSSWIND TAKE-OFF AND LANDING TECHNIQUES ALONG WITH AN EVALUATION FLIGHT WITH A CHECK INSTRUCTOR.

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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