# Incident 20090307002119I: Piper PA44180, Salt Lake City, UT, March 7, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2009, 14:55 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City Municipal 2
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7608° N, 111.8910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7608&lon=-111.8910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21426, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21426-2013-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (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 PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 728 total, 39 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090307002119I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 7, 2009, AN INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE IN THE PATTERN AT SOUTH VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT (U42) PRACTICING TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS IN N21426.  ON THE DOWNWIND THE INSTRUCTOR DECIDED TO SHUT DOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES.  HE SECURED THE ENGINE INTO A FULL FEATHER POSITION.  THE INSTRUCTOR ON THE BASE LEG RESTARTED THE RIGHT ENGINE.  ON FINAL THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT DECIDED THAT THEY WERE A LITTLE HIGH ON FINAL AND MADE THE DETERMINATION TO DO A GO-AROUND AND PUT FULL THROTTLES, GEAR AND FLAPS IN THE UP POSITION.  IT WAS STATED BY BOTH PILOTS THAT THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH POWER TO SUSTAIN BLUE LINE AND UNABLE TO CLIMB.  THE INSTRUCTOR THEN MADE THE DETERMINATION TO LAND THE AIRPLANE WHERE IT CAME TO REST AT APPROXIMATELY 14:22 LOCAL TIME IN A FIELD OUTSIDE OF THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE.  THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT AFTER LANDING HE NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL SELECTOR WAS IN THE OFF POSITION.  THE LEFT PROPELLER WAS IN THE FEATHER POSITION AT THE TIME PICTURES WERE TAKEN AFTER THE INCIDENT.  ONE OF THE BLADES ON THE LEFT PROPELLER HAD DAMAGE.  THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE TIP OF THE BLADE AND ALSO HAD SOME TWISTING AND CURLING AT THE TOP.  NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND IN THE ON-SCENE INSPECTION.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES IN THIS INCIDENT.

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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