# Incident 19970810027479I: Piper PA28140, Bountiful, UT, August 10, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1997, 18:30 local time
- Place: Bountiful, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake Skypark Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8725° N, 111.8612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bountiful, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8725&lon=-111.8612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5686U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5686U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 49 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970810027479I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT FUELED AIRCRAFT AND PLACED FUEL SELECTOR ON LEFT TANK. PILOT BOARDED HIS TWO DOGS AND UPON HIS ENTRY INTO THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THEM BOTH ON THE FLOOR FORWARD OF THE PILOTS SEAT. HE PLACED THE SMALLER ON THE BACK SEAT AND THE LARGER BACKED AWAY AND IT IS SURMISED, PUSHED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO A POSITION INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT TANKS. PILOT TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 34 MADE ONE TOUCH AND GO AND ON CLIMBOUT EXPERIENCED POWER LOSS, TURNED RIGHT CROSSWIND AND CONTINUED TURNING FOR A DOWNWARD LANDING ON 16. HE TOUCHED DOWN TOO FAR DOWN THE RUNWAY, REALIZED HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP BY THE RUNWAY AND APPLIED POWER AND TOOK OFF. HE MADE A LEFT TURN TRYING TO RETURN FOR A LANDING ON 34, WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, FORCE LANDING APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE EAST OF THE RUNWAY CENTER POINT IN A GRASS FIELD. THIS IS A FINAL REPORT.

## Other reports on N5686U (1)

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

- [Incident 19790901033759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790901033759I), Sep 1, 1979: Piper PA28140 (N5686U), Englewood, CO, Minor damage. Forced landing after power loss. Found water in fuel. Ax

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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