# Incident 20160729014429I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Mesa, AZ, July 29, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2016, 12:00 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: B4VS
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4403Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4403Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4M (registry code 42276, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160729014429I

## Narrative

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

A STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL WHILE LANDING AND RAN INTO A TAXI LIGHT ON RUNWAY L22R, AT FALCON FIELD, IN MESA, AZ.  THE LEFT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED BY THE TAXI LIGHT.  DAMAGES INCLUDE THE LEFT LANDING GEAR, LEFT FLAP, AND MISC. DENTS IN THE WING AND TAIL SECTIONS.  THE NTSB ASSESSED THIS AS AN "INCIDENT" AND NOT AN "ACCIDENT", AND RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT FOR MAINTENANCE.  FLIGHT SAFETY PERSONNEL FROM THE PART 141 SCHOOL, CAE, WERE INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION.  UPON INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE, A HOLE WAS FOUND TO HAVE PUNCTURED THE WING ADJACENT TO THE WING SPAR.  CHANDLER AVIATION REPAIRED THE WING, STABILATOR, AND VERTICAL STABILIZER.  IN REGARDS TO REMEDIAL TRAINING, THE STUDENT HAS HAD AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 HOURS OF GROUND TRAINING AND 6 ADDITIONAL TRAINING FLIGHTS; TOTALING 7.4 HOURS INCLUDING A RETAKE OF A PROGRESS TEST.

## Other reports on N4403Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20170430003759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170430003759I), Apr 30, 2017: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181 (N4403Z), Mesa, AZ, Minor damage. On 4/30/2017 1315 MST, N4403Z P2-28-181 archer ii, reported a rough running engine to the tower, as the investigation unfolds it was found that the student…

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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