# Incident 20160126009479I: Piper PA-28-181, Phoenix, AZ, January 26, 2016 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 26, 2016, 09:30 local time - Place: Phoenix, AZ - Airport: Deer Valley - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll - Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141) - Operator: 2FQS - Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10 - Aircraft: N4133D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4133D) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181 - Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A4M - People aboard: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 290 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160126009479I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. N4133D, A TRAINING FLIGHT, WAS HOLDING SHORT OF KDVT RWY-7R. THERE WERE THREE INDIVIDUALS ON BOARD, A STUDENT PILOT, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI), AND A SECOND STUDENT PILOT IN THE BACK SEAT AS OBSERVER. THE TOWER ISSUED A ?LINE UP AND WAIT? CLEARANCE TO N4133D, AND THE STUDENT PILOT TAXIED INTO POSITION ON THE RUNWAY. AS THE STUDENT PILOT WAS TAXIING/TURNING RIGHT ONTO THE RUNWAY HE TURNED BEYOND THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO CONTINUE TO TURN FURTHER BACK TO THE RIGHT TO CORRECT HIS POSITION. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS HOLDING RIGHT RUDDER AND THE AIRPLANE WAS STILL IN MOTION. SIMULTANEOUS TO THIS THE STUDENT BEGAN REVIEWING HIS CHECKLIST SO HIS ATTENTION WAS DIVIDED. IT WAS THEN THE TOWER CLEARED N4133D FOR TAKEOFF, AND THE STUDENT PILOT RESPONDED ON THE RADIO WHICH FURTHER DIVIDED HIS ATTENTION. THE CFI INDICATED THAT THE TOWER INCLUDED ?NO DELAY? AS PART OF THE TAKEOFF CLEARANCE WHICH CAUSED THE CFI TO FOCUS ON THE NEED TO BEGIN ROLLING IMMEDIATELY. THE CFI IMMEDIATELY PUT HIS HAND ON THE STUDENT?S RIGHT HAND WHICH WAS COVERING THE THROTTLE LEVER AND PUSHED IT FULLY FORWARD. NEITHER THE STUDENT PILOT NOR CFI HAD BEEN COVERING THE BRAKES. THE AIRPLANE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN ACCELERATING AND TURNING TO THE RIGHT DUE TO THE DEFLECTED NOSE-WHEEL. THE STUDENT PILOT INDICATED IN HIS STATEMENT THAT HE WAS VERY STARTLED BY UNEXPECTED THINGS HAPPENING AT ONCE. AS THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY THE STUDENT PILOT APPLIED LEFT PEDAL TO CORRECT. THE AIRPLANE THEN TRAVELED LEFT, ACROSS CENTER, AND TOWARD THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. APPROXIMATELY 1,000? (FEET) FROM THE STARTING POINT N4133D DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RWY-7R INTO A GRAVEL AREA. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT THE CFI TOOK THE CONTROLS AND REDUCED THE POWER. N4133D TRAVELED A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 500? OFF THE SIDE BEFORE RETURNING BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. WHILE OFF THE RUNWAY THE AIRPLANE PASSED THROUGH A GRAVEL AREA, STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT, PASSED OVER INTERSECTING TAXIWAY B3, AND ONTO AN ADJACENT GRAVEL AREA WHERE IT STRUCK A SECOND RUNWAY LIGHT BEFORE RETURNING ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE ENGINE REMAINED RUNNING. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY ANY OF THE THREE AIRPLANE OCCUPANTS WITH THIS INCIDENT. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED METALLIC GOUGES TO THE LEADING EDGES AT BOTH PROPELLER TIPS, AND A COMPRESSED LH-MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE OBSERVED TO THE AIRPLANE. AN INSPECTION OF THE RUNWAY EDGE SHOWED CLEAR EVIDENCE OF THE PATH ALL THREE WHEELS MADE THROUGH BOTH GRAVEL PORTIONS, AS WELL AS THE TWO BROKEN RUNWAY LIGHTS WHICH WERE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PATH CREATED BY THE WHEELS. ## Other reports on N4133D (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20091018022519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091018022519I), Oct 18, 2009: Piper PA28181 (N4133D), Wickenburg, AZ, Minor damage. Student pilot, on solo cross country, landed at E25 for a full stop landing. While taxiing to parking ramp, student taxied between the terminal building and… - [Incident 20010821023679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010821023679I), Aug 21, 2001: Piper PA28181 (N4133D), Goodyear, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Solo student lost directional control of the aircraft during landing rollout. The flight school has had previous occurrences of this type and feel its… - [Incident 19980406009989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980406009989I), Apr 6, 1998: Piper PA28181 (N4133D), Mobile, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: during takeoff from runway 27, pilot lost directional control, ran off left side of runway into dirt and unlevel terrain. Damage to aircraft… 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. 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