# Incident 20170711024659I: Piper PA-28-181, Phoenix, AZ, July 11, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2017, 15:09 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N445PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N445PA) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170711024659I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING A NORMAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 RT.   A CROSSWIND CAUSE THE STUDENT PILOT TO INITIATE A GO AROUND.  A RIDE ALONG STUDENT WAS VIDEO TAPING THE LANDING SEQUENCE. AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO THE STUDENT TOOK IN THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT OF THE WHAT THE TWO WERE DOING IN THE COCKPIT, IT WAS OBSERVED MORE THAN 5 SECONDS ELAPSED FROM THE TIME THE STUDENT MOVED THE THROTTLE TO FULL POWER TO WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ACTUALLY STARTED TO MOVE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK ITS TAIL ON THE RUNWAY THEN VEERED OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A SIGN.

## Other reports on N445PA (2)

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

- [Incident 20170709013979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170709013979I), Jul 9, 2017: Piper PA-28-181 (N445PA), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Student pilot and instructor with an observer departed runway 25L after a bounced landing. Student applied full power after the bounce but the engine did not…
- [Incident 20160323007479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160323007479I), Mar 23, 2016: Piper PA-28-181 (N445PA), Gila Bend, AZ, No damage. Night cross country into E63. Overflew the airport to check windsock, made a teardrop entry to enter the left downwind for runway 22. Once landed, student…

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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