# Accident 20220327004389A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Mesa, AZ, March 27, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2022, 11:30 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N28065, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28065) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A (registry code 41867, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 44 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220327004389A

## Narrative

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

ON 03/27/2022, A SOLO STUDENT PILOT EXPERIENCED A RUNWAY EXCURSION ON RUNWAY 22L AT FALCON FIELD AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE STUDENT, BUT THE AIRCRAFT DID RECEIVE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE STUDENT?S APPROACH WAS STABLE, BUT TOUCHDOWN WAS SLIGHTLY RIGHT OF CENTERLINE AND JUST BEYOND THE THOUSAND FOOT MARKERS. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, IT YAWED LEFT OF CENTERLINE AS THE STUDENT APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY, STRIKING A RUNWAY ID SIGN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASSY INFIELD OF RWY 22L JUST AFTER TAXIWAY DELTA 7.

THE NTSB AND FAA WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT. THE NTSB WAS PROVIDED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE, AFTER WHICH NTSB AUTHORIZED THE FLIGHT SCHOOL TO REMOVE THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY. THE NTSB HAS NOT ASSIGNED AN ACCIDENT NUMBER TO THIS EVENT.

AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE MAINTENANCE HANGAR, IT WAS GIVEN AN INITIAL INSPECTION, WHICH REVEALED FURTHER, SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGE TO THE PROP, INCLUDING SEPARATION OF ONE PROP TIP, COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR, FIREWALL DAMAGE, ENGINE MOUNT FAILURE, RIGHT MAIN GEAR DAMAGE AND LEFT WING DAMAGE INCLUDING A RUPTURED FUEL TANK.

THE STUDENT IS ENROLLED IN THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAA 61 PROGRAM. AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT, THE STUDENT HELD A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE ISSUED ON JANUARY 24, 2022.

THE MISSION WAS A SOLO TO THE SE + SW PRACTICE AREAS CONDUCTED IN DAYTIME VFR CONDITIONS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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