# Incident 19830330015049I: Piper PA31T, Salt Lake City, UT, March 30, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1983, 19:43 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7608° N, 111.8910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7608&lon=-111.8910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63XL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63XL-1991-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T2 (registry code 7103127, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 700 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830330015049I

## Narrative

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

TOO LOW ON FINAL AT PRIVATE STRIP. NOSE GEAR HOOKED THE TOP STRAND OF A BARBED WIRE FENCE. RETURNED TO BASE.

## Other reports on N63XL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890915035119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890915035119A), Sep 15, 1989: Piper PA31T2 (N63XL), Denver, CO, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Stalled in a steep turn after advised to make a 360 degree turn on final for traffic spacing.

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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