# Accident 19980312006819A: Piper PA34200, Ogden, UT, March 12, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1998, 16:08 local time
- Place: Ogden, UT
- Airport: Ogden-Hinckley Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Simulated Forced Landing/Tkof
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: UHFS
- Location: 41.1496° N, 111.9803° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1496&lon=-111.9803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83DA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 540 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980312006819A

## Narrative

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

CFI GAVE STUDENT A PRACTICE REJECTED LANDING. SETTLED TO RUNWAY. GEAR UP. (.4)THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS GIVING REJECTED TAKEOFF INSTRUCTION TO A FOREIGN STUDENT. AS POWER WAS INCREASED, TOWER CANCELLED THE TAKEOFF CLEARANCE AND INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO 'HOLD IN POSITION.'  THE INSTRUCTOR SAID THE STUDENT DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTION, SO HE RETARDED ENGINE POWER AND REPEATED THE CLEARANCE TO THE STUDENT. AFTER REPOSITIONING THE AIRPLANE FOR TAKEOFF, HE ASKED THE STUDENT IF HE UNDERSTOOD THE CLEARANCE. THE STUDENT ACKNOWLEDGED. AFTER RECEIVING TAKEOFF CLEARANCE AGAIN, THE INSTRUCTOR REDUCED POWER ON THE RIGHT ENGINE, WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS 10 MPH BELOW ROTATION SPEED. THE STUDENT 'ROTATED (DECIDED TO FLY), AND THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE.'  THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD THE STUDENT TO LAND THE AIRPLANE AS THERE WAS SUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINING. THE STUDENT DID NOT RESPOND. THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO LAND, BUT TOWER ADVISED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED FULL POWER ON THE RIGHT ENGINE, BUT THE AIRPLANE SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY.

## 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 FTW98LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA150), Mar 12, 1998: Piper PA-34-200 (N83DA), Ogden, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot not understanding the crew briefing, his premature retraction of the landing gear, and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight. A factor relating to the…

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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