20090413002999I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Salt Lake City, UT · April 13, 2009

Date
April 13, 2009 · 10:50 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
Salt Lake City International
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N960WC
Reported as
Piper PA28181
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
61 total61 in this make and model24 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.

Student pilot was landing aircraft on runway 17, came in too fast, and lost control of the aircraft which then porpoised; the aircraft bounced several times during which the propellor struck the runway an unknown number of times. Damage also occurred to the nose gear strut.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS LANDING AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 17, CAME IN TOO FAST, AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH THEN PORPOISED; THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES DURING WHICH THE PROPELLOR STRUCK THE RUNWAY AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF TIMES. DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED TO THE NOSE GEAR STRUT.