# Accident 19990817012509A: Piper PA28181, Salt Lake City, UT, August 17, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 17, 1999, 16:44 local time - Place: Salt Lake City, UT - Airport: Salt Lake City International - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 40.5691° N, 112.3307° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5691&lon=-112.3307&mi=10 - Aircraft: N8262S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8262S) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181 - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA150) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990817012509A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. VISUAL INSPECTION VIA LOW APPROACH AT TOOELE, PILOT REPORTED HE HAD EXPERIENCED A COUPLE OF HARD LANDINGS AT TOOELE. VISUAL CHECK CONFIRMED GEAR DAMAGE. (.19) ON AUGUST 17, 1999, AT 1644 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-28-181, N8262S, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING A COLLAPSE OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DURING LANDING ROLL AT SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HIS STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BOLINDER FIELD-TOOELE VALLEY AIRPORT, TOOELE, UTAH, 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. ACCORDING TO AN FAA INSPECTOR, THE INSTRUCTOR WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WITH HIS STUDENT AT TOOELE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAS MADE SEVERAL HARD LANDINGS AT THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT OVER FLEW THE AIRPORT SO THAT A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR COULD BE PERFORMED. AN AIRPORT EMPLOYEE CONFIRMED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR APPEARED BENT. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO ALBUQUERQUE. UPON LANDING, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAP SED AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. IN ADDITION, THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND WING SPAR. (-23)UPON LANDING RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF AIRFRAME, DUE TO TWO HARD LANDINGS, WHICH WERE ADMITTED BY THE PILOT. THIS IN TURN CAUSED WING SPAR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, WHERE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ATTACHED. THE LEFT WING SHOWS SIGNS OF INTERNAL DAMAGE, BY WRINKLING OF THE WING SKIN PANELS ON TOP. METAL FATIQUE WAS NOT A FACTOR INTHE SHEARED OFF LANDING GEAR, THE EXCESSIVE HARD LANDINGS FOR THIS TYPE OF AIRFRAME WAS THE FACTOR. THIS WAS A TRAINING FLIGHT BY AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT. ## 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 DEN99LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA150), Aug 17, 1999: Piper PA-28-181 (N8262S), Tooele, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadequate flare during landing touchdown, resulting in a fracture of the right main landing gear strut. A factor was the flight instructor's failure to properly supervise the student. ## Other reports on N8262S (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20130623010079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130623010079I), Jun 23, 2013: Piper PA-28-181 (N8262S), Leipsig, WI, No damage. The aircraft was enroute from manitowoc, WI (mtw) to madison, WI (msn) at 2,500 feet. In the vicinity of Leipsig, WI the pilot attempted to switch from the… - [Accident 19930620019629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930620019629A), Jun 20, 1993: Piper PA28181 (N8262S), Provo, UT, Substantial damage. Struck two deer on landing. Unseen due darkness. 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/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.