# Accident 20190417010819A: Piper PA-28-181, Wickenburg, AZ, April 17, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2019, 10:09 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Airport: Wickenburg Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.9706° N, 112.7950° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9706&lon=-112.7950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N425PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N425PA) (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: 2
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 56 total, 56 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190417010819A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 17, 2019, AT 10:09 MST, AIRCRAFT N425PA, A 2001 PIPER ARCHER III, SERIAL NUMBER 2843474, LANDED AT WICKENBURG, ARIZONA AIRPORT (E25). THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 23, UNDER VFR, DRY CONDITIONS. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY HITTING A TAXIWAY SIGN FOR TWY A-4. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO A NEARBY RAVINE, SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE OUTER LH WING; LH MAIN GEAR AND NOSE LANDING GEAR; RH MAIN TIRE AND RIM; PROPELLER AND THE FORWARD FUSELAGE AT THE FIREWALL. THE SOLO PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO ANY GROUND CREW PERSONNEL.

## 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 GAA19CA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA212), Apr 17, 2019: Piper PA28 (N425PA), Wickenburg, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain lateral control during landing and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during the subsequent aborted landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic…

## Other reports on N425PA (3)

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

- [Incident 20180211011841I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180211011841I), Feb 11, 2018: Piper PA-28-181 (N425PA), Chandler, AZ, Minor damage. On 2/11/2018 at 1545Z 0845 MST at chd, Chandler airport. A surface incident occurred involving 2 aircraft from a 141 flight school. N425PA a Piper PA-28-181…
- [Incident 20130618012019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130618012019I), Jun 18, 2013: Piper PA-28-181 (N425PA), Chandler, AZ, Minor damage. Student pilot taxied into the ramp and parked his aircraft on a tie down spot. After the student parked the aircraft he realized he was off the centerline and…
- [Incident 20111221029169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111221029169I), Dec 21, 2011: Piper PA-28-181 (N425PA), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. On December 21, 2011, [privacy data omitted] conducted his first student solo flight at Phoenix Deer Valley Airport, Phoenix, Arizona (kdvt). He was the 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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