# Incident 20170608007019I: Piper PA-28-181, Phoenix, AZ, June 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2017, 07:45 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N415PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N415PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 44 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170608007019I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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