# Incident 19891229064079I: Piper PA23, Salt Lake City, UT, December 29, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1989, 14:00 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3182P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3182P-1992-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,352 total, 563 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891229064079I

## Narrative

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

LANDED GEAR UP ON CLOSED RUNWAY ON SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. TRIED TO GO AROUND. UNABLE TO RESTART ENGINE.

## Other reports on N3182P (2)

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

- [Incident 19910306013619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910306013619I), Mar 6, 1991: Piper PA23 (N3182P), Provo, UT, Minor damage. Gyro failure. ATC advised. Cancelled IFR clearance. Pilot would not explain why he landed off airport.
- [Incident 19901129056719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901129056719I), Nov 29, 1990: Piper PA23 (N3182P), Salt Lake City, UT. Distracted by propeller seal leak. Got off course and flew in control area without authorization

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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