# Accident 20170814010649A: Piper PA-28-181, Chandler, AZ, August 14, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2017, 07:41 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.2692° N, 111.8111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2692&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N915PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N915PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA487](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA487) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170814010649A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 4L, AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  AIRCRAFT CROSSED OVER TO THE OTHER RUNWAY WHERE THE PILOT TAXIED TO THE TAXIWAY L. HE THEN STOPPED, SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND RAN ACROSS AN ACTIVE RUNWAY TO HIS INSTRUCTOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA17CA487](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA487), Aug 14, 2017: Piper PA28 (N915PA), Chandler, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

## Other reports on N915PA (1)

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

- [Incident 20061206028709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061206028709I), Dec 6, 2006: Piper PA28181 (N915PA), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot was performing landings on rwy 7L. He came in for landing and overshot the landing touch down area. The aircraft was on the ground and…

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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