# Accident 20251117020479A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Mesa, AZ, November 17, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2025, 08:33 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: B4VS
- Location: 33.4480° N, 111.7387° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4480&lon=-111.7387&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4402N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4402N-2026-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4M (registry code 42276, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251117020479A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 17, 2025, A PA-28 PIPER ARCHER CONDUCTING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE TURNING FROM BASE TO FINAL FOR RUNWAY 4L AT FALCON FIELD (FFZ). THE PILOT EXECUTED AN OFF-FIELD LANDING NEAR A CITY WATER CANAL SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. DURING THE ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BLOCK WALL, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

A POST-ACCIDENT REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT’S GPS DATA CARD APPEARED TO INDICATE A REDUCTION IN FUEL PRESSURE PRIOR TO THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. AN EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS DID NOT REVEAL ANY MECHANICAL FAILURES.

## 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 WPR26LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA045), Nov 17, 2025: Piper PA-28-181 (N4402N), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

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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