# Incident 20170430003759I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Mesa, AZ, April 30, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2017, 13:15 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
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170430003759I

## Narrative

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

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 SOLO DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ON THE UPWIND AFTER DEPARTING 22R. STUDENT MADE A RIGHT 270 AND A LEFT 90 TO LAND BACK ON 4R. STUDENT LANDED LONG AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AFTER TOUCHDOWN NEAR D8. THE AIRCRAFT RAN INTO THE WINDSOCK DURING THE EXCURSION DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE STUDENT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES. DATA FROM THE AIRCRAFT INDICATES THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITH FLAPS AT 40 DEGREES WHICH SPOOKED THE STUDENT INTO AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION. NO ABNORMALITIES WERE FOUND WITH THE ENGINE.

## Other reports on N4403Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20160729014429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160729014429I), Jul 29, 2016: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181 (N4403Z), Mesa, AZ, Minor damage. 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…

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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