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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Phoenix, AZ · June 8, 2017

Date: June 8, 2017 · 07:45 local
Place: Phoenix, AZ
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: FQAS
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N415PA
Reported as: Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 44 total44 in this make and model44 in the last 90 days

N415PARegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 2843448 · Built 2001 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

This was the students first solo flight, second landing when the incident occured. The first landing was uneventful. During the second landing approach the tower instructed the student to go around due to traffic on the rwy. The student was then clear for a short traffic pattern and was eventually cleared to land on rwy 7R. On approach the student indicated that the winds were coming from the left. The student was fighting to maintain the centerline of the rwy cross controling the aircraft with rudder and aileron. On short final the student stated his right foot slipped off the pedal and was stuck between the pedal and center pedestal. The student then stated the aircraft became unstable and decided to go around but this was initiated too late and the aircraft struck the left wingtip and aileron.

As the FAA filed it

THIS WAS THE STUDENTS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT, SECOND LANDING WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURED. THE FIRST LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. DURING THE SECOND LANDING APPROACH THE TOWER INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO GO AROUND DUE TO TRAFFIC ON THE RWY. THE STUDENT WAS THEN CLEAR FOR A SHORT TRAFFIC PATTERN AND WAS EVENTUALLY CLEARED TO LAND ON RWY 7R. ON APPROACH THE STUDENT INDICATED THAT THE WINDS WERE COMING FROM THE LEFT. THE STUDENT WAS FIGHTING TO MAINTAIN THE CENTERLINE OF THE RWY CROSS CONTROLING THE AIRCRAFT WITH RUDDER AND AILERON. ON SHORT FINAL THE STUDENT STATED HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE PEDAL AND WAS STUCK BETWEEN THE PEDAL AND CENTER PEDESTAL. THE STUDENT THEN STATED THE AIRCRAFT BECAME UNSTABLE AND DECIDED TO GO AROUND BUT THIS WAS INITIATED TOO LATE AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE LEFT WINGTIP AND AILERON.