# Accident 19990306002031A: Piper PA28235, Provo, UT, March 6, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 6, 1999 - Place: Provo, UT - Airport: Provo Municipal Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft - Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 40.2192° N, 111.7234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PROVO MUNI (PVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2192&lon=-111.7234&mi=10 - Aircraft: N4312A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4312A-1999-07-26) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235 - People aboard: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA048) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990306002031A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACFT WAS TAKING OFF FROM RWY 18 WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH N189DA, A DIAMOND KATANA DA-20 ACFT, WHICH WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RWY 31, THE ACFT COLLIDED AT THE INTERSECTION OF RWY'S, BOTH ACFT WERE DESTROYED, THE PILOT AND STUDENT ON BOARD N189DA SUFFERED SERIOUS AND MINOR INJURIES, RESPECTIVELY, THE 3 PEOPLE ON BOARD N4312A WERE NOT INJURED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.19) ON MARCH 6, 1999, APPROXIMATELY 1330 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-28-235, N4312A, AND A DIAMOND DA 20-A1, N189DA, WERE DESTROYED WHEN THEY COLLIDED ON THE GROUND AT THE PROVO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, PROVO, UTAH. N4312A WAS ON ITS TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 18, AND N189DA WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 31. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS ABOARD N4312A ESCAPED INJURY. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ABOARD N189DA WAS SERIOUSLYINJURED, AND HIS STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND FLIGHT PLANS HAD NOT BEEN FILED BY EITHER PILOT. BOTH FLIGHTS WERE BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ON N4312A WAS FOR BUSINESS AND WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT OF N189DA WAS FOR INSTRUCTION AND HAD ORIGINATED AT PROVO APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT OF N4312A SAID THAT AFTER COMPLETING HIS PRE-TAKEOFF CHECKLIST, HE PUT HIS EARPHONES ON AND HEARD THE PILOT OF ONE AIRPLANE ANNOUNCE THAT HE WAS TURNING ONTO THE BASE LEG FOR RUNWAY 31. ANOTHER PILOT ANNOUNCED, "I'LL FOLLOW YOU IN." THE PILOT OF N4312A ANNOUNCED OVER THE RADIO THAT HE WOULD BE TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 18 AS SOON AS THE OTHER TWO AIRPLANES HAD LANDED. WHEN THESE TWO AIRPLANES HAD LANDED, THE PILOT OF N4312A BEGAN HIS TAKEOFF ROLL. AS N4312A APPROACHED THE RUNWAY INTERSECTION, THE PILOT SAW N189DA ON GROUND ROLL AND APPROACHING FROM HIS LEFT. THE PILOT OF N4312A IMMEDIATELY CLOSED THE THROTTLE AND APPLIED THE HAND BRAKE, WHICH LOCKED UP THE BRAKES. HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO BEHIND N189DA. HE THEN APPLIED BACK ELEVATOR PRESSURE AND FULL LEFT AILERON IN AN ATTEMPT TO RAISE THE RIGHT WING OVER THE TOP OF N189DA. N4312A COLLIDED WITH N189DA AND CAUGHT FIRE. ALL THREE OCCUPANTS EVACUATED THE AIRPLANE. THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF N189DA WERE EXTRICATED BY CFR PERSONNEL AND TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. THEIR INJURIES HAVE PRECLUDED AN INTERVIEW. THE WIND, RECORDED 25 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT, WAS FROM 280 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS. (-23) AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING PROVO, UTAH AIRPORT, UTILIZING RUNWAY 18. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH AIRCRAFT N189DA AT RUNWAY 18/36, 13/31 INTERSECTION. N4312A WAS DESTROYED BY POST ACCEDENT FIRE. THE PILOT AND HIS TOW PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. ## Other aircraft in the event - N189DA, Diamon DA20A1: [Accident 19990306002032A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990306002032A) ## 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 DEN99LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA048), Mar 6, 1999: Piper PA-28-235 (N4312A), Provo, UT, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot exercising poor judgment by ignoring proper procedures/directives, his intentional selection of the wrong runway for takeoff, and his failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout. Factors… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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