# Incident 20230616004319I: Piper PA-28-181, Mesa, AZ, June 16, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2023, 11:14 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: B4VS
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28034, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28034) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, 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 PA-28-181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 73 total, 73 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230616004319I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT (STUDENT) ON SECOND SOLO. STUDENT HAD BEEN STRUGGLING WITH LANDINGS AS STATED BY HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) APPEARED TO HAVE OVERCOME ISSUE AND WAS READY TO SOLO. STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR CONDUCTED A TRAINING/WARM UP FLIGHT IN TRAFFIC PATTERN AT FALCON FIELD AIRPORT (KFFZ). STUDENT DEMONSTRATED SEVERAL LANDINGS WITH HIS CFI ONBOARD AND ALL LANDINGS WERE GOOD SAFE LANDINGS. CFI ENDORSED STUDENT TO SOLO. STUDENT ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM FIRST LANDING , AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, STUDENT PERFORMED A "GO AROUND" AND ATTEMPTED SECOND LANDING WHEN AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AGAIN, STUDENT STATED THAT HE FELT HE COULD SAVE THE LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED NOSE WHEEL FIRST (PORPOISED) ON RUNWAY, STUDENT STATED THAT HE SHOULD HAD CONDUCTED ANOTHER "GO AROUND" HOWEVER WHEN AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE, HE BECAME DISORIENTATED AND AFRAID THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD RUN OUT OF RUNWAY TO STOP. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP WITH A FLAT TIRE AND PROP STRUCK RUNWAY SURFACE. STUDENT RESIGNED FROM FLIGHT TRAINING WITH SCHOOL AND WAS MOVING BACK HOME TO MINNESOTA.

## 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 WPR23LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA238), Jun 17, 2023: Piper PA-28-181 (N28034), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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