# Accident 20190115000219A: Piper PA-28-140, Salt Lake City, UT, January 15, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2019, 10:43 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: South Valley Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6194° N, 111.9928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6194&lon=-111.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1697J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1697J-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 20 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190115000219A

## Narrative

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

PILOT INITIATED APPROACH AT 2.2NM OUT HIGH, (U42): PULLED THROTTLE BACK TO REDUCE RPM, ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND AND REMAINED AT 2400-2500 INDICATED RPM.  PILOT CYCLED THROTTLE SEVERAL TIMES ATTEMPTING TO REDUCE RPM ? ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND.  INITIATED ?GO-AROUND? AND PUSHED THROTTLE IN TO FULL POWER AT WHICH TIME THE ENGINE SUDDENLY DECREASED TO 1500 RPM.  PILOT INITIATED A RIGHT BANK IN AN ATTEMPT TO LAND ON A ROAD PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT THE ROAD THEN CONTACTED THE SIDEWALK CURB WHICH SHEARED THE LANDING GEAR, DAMAGED THE PROPELLER AND PARTS OF THE FUSELAGE.

## 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 WPR19LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA065), Jan 15, 2019: Piper PA28 (N1697J), Salt Lake City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to the mechanic’s failure to properly secure the throttle lever locking nut and cotter pin.

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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