# Accident 20090825016619A: Piper PA28R200, Wendover, UT, August 25, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2009, 18:45 local time
- Place: Wendover, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7240° N, 114.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wendover, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7240&lon=-114.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4837T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4837T-2013-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 60 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090825016619A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  N4837T DEPARTED WINDOVER, UT ON THE 26TH OF AUGUST 2009 WITH THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AND CLIMBED NORMALLY, WHEN THERE WAS NO RUNWAY REMAINING THE PILOT SELECTED THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE UP POSITION, THE NOSE AND THE RIGHT MAIN RETRACTED BUT THE LEFT MAIN SHOWED IT WAS NOT.  THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR AND THE GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED AND WAS RESET.  THIS IS WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRFT WAS LOOSING POWER AND LOWERED THE NOSE TO A LEVEL PITCH ATTITUDE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWING FROM 100 KNOTS TO 60 KNOTS, THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE THE GEAR THREE MORE TIMES.  THE PILOT MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT OVER INTERSTATE 80, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND THE LEFT WING SETTLED ONTO THE TRAILER OF A SIMI-TRUCK, WHEN THE DRIVER REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE TRAILER HE SLOWED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO YAW TO THE LEFT WHEN THE PROPELLER BEGAN SLICING THROUGH THE TRAILER, WHEN THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE BED OF THE TRAILER IT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO YEW BACK TO THE RIGHT AS THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TOUCHED THE HIGHWAY AND THE NOSE WHEEL RESTED ON THE GROUND, THE LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND 180 DEGREES FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC.  ALL PASSENGERS AND PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N4837T (1)

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

- [Incident 20020915025199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020915025199I), Sep 15, 2002: Piper PA28R200 (N4837T), Page, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot practicing take offs and landings. On last landing another aircraft pulled out onto the runway while on final and he became distracted. Pilot…

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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