# Incident 20160808014722I: Piper PA-28-181, Deer Valley, AZ, August 8, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2016, 11:24 local time
- Place: Deer Valley, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Deer Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Run-Up Area
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N924PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N924PA-2021-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160808014722I

## Narrative

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

ON 8/8/2016  N963WW REPORTED TO THE TOWER THAT  N924PA HIT HIM IN THE RUN-UP AREA. BOTH AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THEIR OWN RAMPS TO CHECK FOR DAMAGE.  N963WW 2POB INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT, PA-28R-201, SER# 2844023,

N924PA, SER#  2843286, PA-28-181.  AIRMAN SUBMITTED A STATEMENT ADMITTING TO HITTING THE OTHER AIRCRAFT.

HE STATED THAT HE,

"LANDED RUNWAY 25L AND CLEARED THE RUNWAY AT C7, AND THEN TAXIED BACK TO RUNWAY 25L VIA C. ARRIVED AT C13 AND SAW ANOTHER AIRCRAFT AT C13 AND STOPPED BEHIND HIM AND RAN THROUGH AND COMPLETED HIS CHECKLIST,  HE SAW THE OTHER PLANE STILL HAD NOT MOVED AND TURNED LEFT THEN RIGHT TO MOVE AROUND AND HEAD TO THE HOLD SHORT LINE. "

END OF STATEMENT

TOWER THEN TOLD HIM TO RETURN TO TRANS PAC.

THE ONLY DAMAGE DONE TO BOTH THE AIRCRAFT WAS SOME MINOR SMALL PAINT SCRAPES ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT WING TIP OF TRANS- PAC AIRCRAFT N924PA AND THE SAME ON THE UPPER LEFT WING TIP OF THE WESTWIND PLANE N963WW.

NO INJURIES REPORTED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N963WW, Piper PA-28R-201: no report for this aircraft; [N963WW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N963WW) is registered now

## Other reports on N924PA (3)

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

- [Accident 20191223019859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191223019859A), Dec 23, 2019: Piper PA-28-181 (N924PA), Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. Student pilot was on second landing rollout of solo flight. He lost control of aircraft, aircraft exited runway 4-L into the dirt area to the left of the…
- [Incident 20170607008159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170607008159I), Jun 7, 2017: Piper PA-28-181 (N924PA), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. While on a stage check flight, the student was conducting a soft field takeoff. The student failed to maintain directional control. The student stated that…
- [Incident 20170223001099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170223001099I), Feb 23, 2017: Piper PA-28-181 (N924PA), Chandler, AZ, Minor damage. (Instructor pilot in command statement) On the morning of February 23 at 0630 I meet two students at trans pac kchd for lesson ppl 1.19 ddl. I briefed both…

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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