20170311001319A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Gila Bend, AZ · March 11, 2017

Date
March 11, 2017 · 19:00 local
Place
Gila Bend, AZ
Airport
Gila Bend
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
2FQS
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N288PA
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA189
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
370 total148 in this make and model148 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flight instructor chose to land at a closed runway by NOTAM, in the dark causing substantial damage to the aircraft empanage. Pilot did not stop on the runway and kept flying the aircraft back to home base of chandler chd.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CHOSE TO LAND AT A CLOSED RUNWAY BY NOTAM, IN THE DARK CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT EMPANAGE. PILOT DID NOT STOP ON THE RUNWAY AND KEPT FLYING THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO HOME BASE OF CHANDLER CHD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N288PA · 1

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