# Incident 20180807010369I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Mesa, AZ, August 7, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2018, 13:17 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: B4VS
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4400S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4400S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4M (registry code 42276, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 52 total, 52 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180807010369I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN WAS PERFORMING HIS FIRST CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLIGHT SILIBUS.  UPON RETURN TO FALCON FIELD (FFZ).  ON APPROACH AN AIRCRAFT ASKED FOR A WIND CHECK.  FFZ TOWER RESPONDED WITH WINDS 310 DEG AT 13 KNOTS.  TOWER AGAIN RESPONDED WITH WINDS 290 DEG AT 14 KNOTS. PRIOR TO FLIGHT, THE STUDENT PREPARED A RISK ASSESMENT FORM AND STATED THE WINDS WERE NOT WITHIN 5 KNOTS OF THE STUDENT PILOTS LIMITATIONS.  A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAS PLACED A SOLO FLIGHT ENDORSEMENT LIMITATION OF 12 KNOTS MAX WIND WITH 7 KNOTS MAX CROSS WIND.  A SECOND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAS UPDATED THE WIND LIMITATION TO 15 KNOTS MAX WITH 10 KNOTS CROSS WIND.  BASED ON THE WEATHER INFORMATION AT THE TIME, THE MAXIMUM WINDS WERE 13 KNOTS WITH 9 KNOTS OF CROSS WIND.  CAE OXFORD UTILIZES FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS AND ONBOARD VIDEO CAMERAS.  DURING THE TOUCHDOWN, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE AIRMAN TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE RIGHT WING LOW TO COMPENSATE FOR THE RIGHT CROSS WIND BUT HAS FULL LEFT PEDAL APPLIED.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT.   THE AIRMAN STATES THAT HE APPLIED RIGHT PEDAL TO COMPENSATE BUT HAS NO EFFECT.  AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, IT STRUCK A RUNWAY MARKING SIGN.  THE IMPACT OF THE SIGN CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING ROOT TO JUST OUTBOARD OF THE LEFT FUEL TANK AND LANDING GEAR FAIRING.  THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE SIGN AS WELL.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE AIRCRAFT PILOT.

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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