# Accident 20170311001319A: Piper PA-28-181, Gila Bend, AZ, March 11, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2017, 19:00 local time
- Place: Gila Bend, AZ
- Airport: Gila Bend
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 2FQS
- Location: 32.9603° N, 112.6736° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9603&lon=-112.6736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N288PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N288PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 148 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA189) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170311001319A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA17CA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA189), Mar 12, 2017: Piper PA 28 (N288PA), Gila Bend, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to review the notices to airmen related to the airport, which resulted in his landing on a closed runway and the airplane striking runway closed markers.

## Other reports on N288PA (1)

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

- [Accident 20030707016779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030707016779A), Jul 7, 2003: Piper PA28181 (N288PA), Scottsdale, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was conducting practice flights for his commercial rating when he lost aileron control. The control wheel moved but had no effect on the ailerons,…

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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