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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Phoenix, AZ · June 7, 2017

Date
June 7, 2017 · 11:40 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N924PA
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
736 total330 in this make and model157 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

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 when he heard the stall waring horn, he pitched down and departed the left side of the runway striking the left stabilator on a runway light.

As the FAA filed it

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 WHEN HE HEARD THE STALL WARING HORN, HE PITCHED DOWN AND DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING THE LEFT STABILATOR ON A RUNWAY LIGHT.

Other reports on N924PA · 3

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