# Incident 20100214027419I: Piper PA-28, Duchesne, UT, February 14, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2010, 23:30 local time
- Place: Duchesne, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1753° N, 110.3941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Duchesne, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1753&lon=-110.3941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5972W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5972W-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 52 total, 52 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100214027419I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED U42 FOR A FLIGHT TO RETURN TO U42. AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 THE PILOT WAS LANDING IN U69 WITH ICY CONDITIONS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLIDE TO THE LEFT BECAUSE OF A LEFT CROSS WIND, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND; HE APPLIED FULL POWER AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR IMPACTED SNOW AND PULLED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A SNOW DRIFT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 17. THE NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND. ALL OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURIES.

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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