# Accident 20070512007959A: Piper PA28140, Moab, UT, May 12, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2007, 14:32 local time
- Place: Moab, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5333° N, 109.9833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5333&lon=-109.9833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8598N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8598N-2007-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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 PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07CA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070512007959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED ON AN UNIMPROVED DIRT RUNWAY ALONG A RIVER IN A CANYON LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 5,000 FEET MSL. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT DID NOT STOP AS HE THOUGHT THE RUNWAY SURFACE WAS SOFT. HE BACK TAXIIED THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY TO CHECK THE SURFACE AND DID A HIGH SPEED TAXI AND DECIDED THE SURFACE WAS ADEQUATE TO TAKE OFF FROM. HE BACK TAXIIED THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY AGAIN AND ATTEMPED TO TAKE OFF. HE ENCOUNTERED LOOSE DIRT AND WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE SUFFICIENTLY TO CLEAR LOW BRUSH AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO THE RIVER AND STOPPED UPRIGHT IN SHALLOW WATER.

## 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 LAX07CA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA165), May 12, 2007: Piper PA-28-140 (N8598N), Moab, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain and maintain an adequate airspeed that resulted in a stall/mush. Also causal was the pilot's failure to abort the takeoff in a timely way. A factor in the accident was…

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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