# Incident 20000820030229I: Piper PA28181, Tooele, UT, August 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2000, 13:45 local time
- Place: Tooele, UT
- Airport: Bolinder Field-Tooele Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6126° N, 112.3508° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOLINDER FLD/TOOELE VALLEY (TVY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6126&lon=-112.3508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8285Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8285Y) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 5 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000820030229I

## Narrative

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

(-23)N8285Y WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 34 AT TVL. TWO NOTCHES OF FLAPS WERE USED AND THE WIND WAS FROM NORTHEAST AT 5 KNOTS, THE TEMPERATURE WAS 87F.  CLOSE TO THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY A SUDDEN UPWARD FLARE  WAS EXPERIENCED, RESULTING IN A NUMBER OF OSCILATIONS UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AS THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY.  JUST PRIOR TO ^PRIVACY DATA O^ LANDING A FIRE TANKER AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 34.  THE TURBINE POWERED THRUSH WAS HEAVILY LOADED WITH FIRE RETARTANT CAUSING WAKE TURBULENCE.

## Other reports on N8285Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20010418008379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010418008379I), Apr 18, 2001: Piper PA28181 (N8285Y), Milford, UT, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was practicing touch and go landings. During the final touchdown the nose wheel started to shimmy. The nose gear fork speerated from the strut…

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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