# Incident 20070317003329I: Piper PA28R201, Salt Lake City, UT, March 17, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2007, 10:30 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EW9S
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N850NC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N850NC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 733 total, 126 in this make and model, 139 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070317003329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SATURDAY MARCH 17, 2007 AT APPROX 1040 MDT, A PIPER PA-28R-201, N850NC, WHILE PERFORMING TOUCH-N-GOS TO RWY 16, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE PAVEMENT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINORLY DAMAGED AT SALT LAKE MUNI 2 (U42). THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED FOR INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT UNDER PART 141, SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BY THE PILOT CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ AND A COMMERCIAL STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^. ON THE FIFTH LANDING THE STUDENT PILOT ^PRIV^ INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE EARLY AND THE NOSE GEAR STARTED TO COLLAPSE, AIRCRAFT SPEED WAS ESTIMATED AT 70 KNOTS, STRIKING THE PROPELLER. THE CFI TOOK CONTROL AND FORCED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE AIR, AND THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED. THE STRIKE DAMAGED BOTH BLADES AND DISLODGED THE HUB RETAINER "C" RING ON ONE. THE VIBRATION THAT ENSUED REQUIRED THE PILOT IN COMMAND (CFI) TO TURN RIGHT (WEST) AND THEN MADE AN IMMEDIATE 180 TURN TO THE EAST. HE THEN MADE A DOWNWIND LANDING, WINDS TO THE NORTH AT 18 KNOTS. HE WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY, BUT WITNESSES STATED THE AIRCRAFT ALMOST RAN OFF THE OTHER END OF THE RWY. THE STUDENT PILOT ^PRIV^ ADMITTED TO THE INSPECTOR THAT HE HAD SELECTED GEAR UP.

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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