# Accident 19960610013259A: Piper PA28RT201, Bountiful, UT, June 10, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1996, 18:00 local time
- Place: Bountiful, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake Skypark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8799° N, 111.8207° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8799&lon=-111.8207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5172W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5172W-1999-06-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28 (registry code 7102801, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 57 total, 49 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA96LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960610013259A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOOSING POWER. UPWIND,DOWNWIND AND BASE. QUIT ON FINAL. LANDED SHORT INTO DITCH.FUEL MGM POOR. OUT OF ANNUAL

## 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 SEA96LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA119), Jun 11, 1996: Piper PA-28-150 (N5172W), Bountiful, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: inadequate fuel management by the student pilot, which resulted in fuel starvation, due to an improperly positioned fuel selector. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's inadequate…

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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