# Incident 20220110008479I: Piper PA-28-161, Fort Worth, TX, January 10, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2022, 09:44 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: GTUS
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42998, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42998-2023-12-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220110008479I

## Narrative

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

ON 01/10/2022, STUDENT PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS PRACTICING SOLO TOUCH-AND-GO'S AT FORT WORTH MEACHAM (KFTW) IN PA-28-161, N42998. STUDENT WAS LANDNING ON RUNWAY 35. WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE FLARE TO LAND, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO PORPISE. THE STUDENT LANDED HARD AND USED EXCESSIVE RIGHT RUDDER AND BRAKE WHICH CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 35, IMPACTING A RUNWAY SIGN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON TAXIWAY C.

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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