# Incident 20150124001309I: Piper PA-28-181, Wickenburg, AZ, January 24, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2015, 07:20 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Airport: Wickenburg Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.9706° N, 112.7951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WICKENBURG MUNI (E25), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9706&lon=-112.7951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N423PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N423PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 58 total, 48 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150124001309I

## Narrative

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

ON 01/24/2015, THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM DVT TO E63 TO E25. THE STUDENT WAS HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING THE LANDING AT E25 FOR VARIOUS REASONS. FIRST ATTEMPT HE TRIED TO ENTER THE DOWNWIND AND WAS IN CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. SECOND ATTEMPT, HE WAS TOO HIGH. AFTER THE SECOND ABORTED ATTEMPT TO LAND AT E25 THE STUDENT DECIDED TO RETURN TO DVT, BUT WAS INSTRUCTED BY HIS SUPERVISING INSTRUCTOR TO MAKE THE LANDING AT E25. HE REENTERED THE PATTERN AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAINS AND THEN STATED THAT HE HIT THE BRAKES HARD TO MAKE THE TAXIWAY AND HEARD A METALLIC SOUND. WHEN HE PARKED TO GET FUEL, HE NOTICED THAT BOTH TIPS OF THE PROPELLER WERE BENT BACKWARDS.

## Other reports on N423PA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20110214002329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110214002329I), Feb 14, 2011: Piper PA-28-181 (N423PA), Scottsdale, AZ, Minor damage. Shortly after takeoff the #1 cylinder head separated at the cylinder barrel and the engine failed as a result. Pilot declared emergency returned to the runway…

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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