# Incident 20170917019539I: Piper PA-28-181, Deer Valley, AZ, September 17, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2017, 07:30 local time
- Place: Deer Valley, AZ
- Airport: Deer Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.6839° N, 112.1349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deer Valley, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6839&lon=-112.1349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N443PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N443PA) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 38 total, 38 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170917019539I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY TRANS-PAC (BIRD ACQUISITION LLC) 141 PILOT SCHOOL (FQAS) AT DEER VALLEY AIRPORT (DVT). STUDENT WAS ON SOLO FLIGHT WITH 38 HOURS TOTAL TIME. THIRD CLASS MEDICAL STUDENT CERTIFICATE #4023898.

DURING A HARD LANDING AT DEER VALLEY AIRPORT (KDVT) THE TAIL SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT  AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND. IT WAS REPORTED TO THE NTSB AND WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.

HIDDEN DAMAGE INSPECTION BY THE REPAIR STATION FOUND THE FOLLOWING:

PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED

NOSE GEAR FORK BENT

TAIL TIE DOWN POINT DAMAGED

TAIL TIE DOWN BULKHEAD WRINKLED

## Other reports on N443PA (1)

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

- [Accident 20110104000079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110104000079A), Jan 4, 2011: Piper PA-28-181 (N443PA), Wickenburg, AZ, Substantial damage. During first solo cross country from deer valley airport (dvt) to deer valley airport (dvt) with landings in gila bend AZ, (E63) and Wickenburg, AZ (E25). The…

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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