# Incident 19960504027369I: Piper PA28151, Salt Lake City, UT, May 4, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1996, 09:30 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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: N8549F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8549F-2008-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 300 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960504027369I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PILOT NOTICED A VIBRATION AND A RADIO CALL FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND CONFIRMED THAT THE LEFT LANDING GEAR HAD BEEN DAMAGED AND WAS "HANGING" UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE STRUT AND REMAINING WHEEL. DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FLAP AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER RESULTED. THIS IS A FINAL REPORT.

## Other reports on N8549F (1)

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

- [Accident 20071003020519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071003020519A), Oct 3, 2007: Piper PA28151 (N8549F), Salt Lake City, UT, Destroyed. (-23) With intention to fly, taxied to runup area. Shut down engine and exited aircraft to retrieve headsets from cargo area. Returned to aircraft and from…

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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