# Accident 20140620013009A: Piper PA-28-181, Phoenix, AZ, June 20, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2014, 11:45 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.7031° N, 112.0761° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7031&lon=-112.0761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N928PA (not matched to a registry record)
- 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: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA260) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140620013009A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. ACCORDING TO WITNESS STATEMENTS, DURING THE LANDING ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY CONTACTED THE GROUND ON ALL THREE LANDING GEAR, THEN BOUNCED APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 FEET INTO THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE RUNWAY A SECOND TIME, CONTACTING THE MAIN GEAR FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE WHEEL AND THEN BOUNCING INTO THE AIR APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN REPORTED TO DESCEND TOWARD THE RUNWAY IN AN EXTREME NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE STRIKING THE PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR. THE NOSEGEAR BENT REARWARD AND PARTIALLY COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER HIT THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT REPORTEDLY BOUNCED TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT CONFIRMS THE COLLAPSE OF THE GEAR AND STRIKING THE PROP. THE ENGINE MOUNT WAS BROKEN APART IN SEVERAL PLACES BOTH AROUND THE NOSE GEAR MOUNT AND VARIOUS SUPPORTING TUBES CONNECTING THE MOUNT TO THE FIREWALL AND ENGINE. THE FIREWALL WAS HEAVILY WRINKLED. THE BELLY WAS DAMAGED FROM THE NOSE GEAR BENDING REARWARD AND CONTACTING THE BELLY.

RECCOMMEND OBSERVATION OF PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR TO REVIEW INSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES, KNOWLEDGE AND PROFICIENCY.

DETERMINATION WILL THEN BE MADE IF CFI 709 IS NECESSARY.

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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR14CA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA260), Jun 20, 2014: Piper PA 28-181 (N928PA), Scottsdale, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate flare and failure to maintain aircraft control during landing.

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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