# Accident 20150524011961A: Piper PA-28-181, Wickenburg, AZ, May 24, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2015, 09:00 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Airport: Wickenburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.9706° N, 112.7950° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9706&lon=-112.7950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N442PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N442PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 46 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150524011961A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 24, 2015 IN THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT PROVIDED BY THE STUDENT PILOT HE REPORTED THAT AFTER COMPLETING A SOLO FLIGHT INTO WICKENBURG MUNINCIPLE AIRPORT AND AFTER TAXING OFF OF TAXI WAY "A" REGISTRATION NUMBER N442PA HE HAD MADE A LEFT TURN TO PARK HIS AIRCRAFT IN THE DESIGNATED RAMP AREA.   ONCE HE WAS IN THE RAMP AREA PRIOR TO EXITING THE AIRCRAFT HE SET THE PARKING BRAKE.  ONCE OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT WENT TO GO RETREIVE THE TOW BAR LOCATED EXTERNALLY ON-BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. DURING THIS TIME THE PARKING BRAKE LOCKING MECHANISM RELEASED AND/OR FAILED UN-LOCKING THE BRAKES ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLL FORWARD INTO ANOTHER UN-ATTENDAD PARKED AIRCRAFT CAUSING VISABLE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING OF HIS AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N442PA  AND DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLOR SPINNOR ON AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N665KC.

## 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 GAA15CA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA110), May 24, 2015: Piper PA 28-181 (N442PA), Wickenburg, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to monitor the airplane's wing clearance during taxi, which resulted in a collision with a parked airplane.

## Other reports on N442PA (3)

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

- [Incident 20150301005019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150301005019I), Mar 1, 2015: Piper PA-28-181 (N442PA), Deer Valley, AZ, Minor damage. Airman was giving dual training to a student pilot in the traffic pattern. Wind was a gusting right crosswind, 45 degrees at 12 to 15 knots. He allowed the…
- [Incident 20130207001749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130207001749I), Feb 7, 2013: Piper PA-28-181 (N442PA), Gila Bend, AZ, Minor damage. 02/07/13 At approximately 12 noon, at the E63, Gila Bend, AZ airport, [privacy data omitted], a student pilot, while on a solo cross country flight did lose…
- [Incident 20120118000229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120118000229I), Jan 18, 2012: Piper PA-28-181 (N442PA), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Aircraft ran off the edge of taxi way. Written statement and interview of student pilot indicates that after landing on runway 7L, student attempted to exit…

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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