# Incident 20151203021899I: Piper PA-28-181, Chandler, AZ, December 3, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2015, 09:54 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2691° N, 111.8111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHANDLER MUNI (CHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2691&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4147T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4147T) (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: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151203021899I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT WAS ASSIGNED SOLO PRACTICE OF SOFT FIELD AND SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS. ON HIS FOURTH TAKEOFF HE THOUGHT THE CONTROLS WERE JAMMED SO HE TOOK HIS RIGHT FOOT OFF THE RUDDER TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE CONTROL YOKE WITH HIS RIGHT KNEE.  THAT ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE TO TURN LEFT AND DEPART THE PAVED SURFACE INTO THE GRASS.  HE SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AT THAT TIME AND THE AIRPLANE STOPPED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.  THE WIND WAS CALM. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE CONTROLS FREE, AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR COMPLAINTS OF STICKING OR JAMMING.

## Other reports on N4147T (2)

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

- [Incident 20230604006322I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230604006322I), Jun 4, 2023: Piper PA-28-181 (N4147T), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. Pilot of aircraft #1 failed to hold short of B3 intersection as instructed to give way to aircraft #2. Instead, pilot #1 stopped in the middle of the…
- [Incident 20170405006129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170405006129I), Apr 5, 2017: Piper PA-28-181 (N4147T), Searchlight, NV, Minor damage. Narrative description of off airport landing event occurred on April, 5th 2017: I was in a cross country flight from chandler, AZ to henderson, Nevada in the…

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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