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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Salt Lake City, UT · June 10, 2000

Date
June 10, 2000 · 18:00 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1118Q
Reported as
Piper PA28161
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
639 total630 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)Pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings on fremont island. The pilot had been practicing on the dirt strip located at the northwest corner of the island and then elected to proceed to the landing strip located at the top of the island. During the first landing attempt on the landing strip at the top of the island, the aircraft's left main landing gear impacted in a hole and got stuck there resulting in that landing gear being torn off its mounting while rest of the aircraft proceeded further down the landing strip. The aircraft was recovered to spanish fork, Utah where an airworthiness inpsector from our office determined that the damage to the aircraft was not substantial, resulting in an incident rather that an accident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ON FREMONT ISLAND. THE PILOT HAD BEEN PRACTICING ON THE DIRT STRIP LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE ISLAND AND THEN ELECTED TO PROCEED TO THE LANDING STRIP LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE ISLAND. DURING THE FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT ON THE LANDING STRIP AT THE TOP OF THE ISLAND, THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR IMPACTED IN A HOLE AND GOT STUCK THERE RESULTING IN THAT LANDING GEAR BEING TORN OFF ITS MOUNTING WHILE REST OF THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED FURTHER DOWN THE LANDING STRIP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED TO SPANISH FORK, UTAH WHERE AN AIRWORTHINESS INPSECTOR FROM OUR OFFICE DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT SUBSTANTIAL, RESULTING IN AN INCIDENT RATHER THAT AN ACCIDENT.