20250112000979I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Marana, AZ · January 12, 2025

Date
January 12, 2025 · 10:30 local
Place
Marana, AZ
Airport
Marana Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8791W
Reported as
Piper PA-28-235
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
135 total72 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot was on a solo cross-country flight from chandler AZ to Marana AZ. After the touchdown the aircraft started to drift right. The pilot overcorrected with the left rudder causing the aircraft to exit the runway. The nose gear collapsed, and the prop struck the ground.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS ON A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM CHANDLER AZ TO MARANA AZ. AFTER THE TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO DRIFT RIGHT. THE PILOT OVERCORRECTED WITH THE LEFT RUDDER CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO EXIT THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND.