# Accident 20200501003499A: Czech Sport Aircraft As PIPER SPORT, Logan, UT, May 1, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2020, 17:00 local time
- Place: Logan, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7401° N, 111.8438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Logan, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7401&lon=-111.8438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N802PS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N802PS-2022-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Czech Sport PIPER SPORT (registry code 0600073, https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-sport-piper-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT AS PIPER SPORT
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 36 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200501003499A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING CROSS COUNTRY , LOCAL TO UTAH. WHILE FLYING OVER MOUNTAINS INCURRED ROUGH TURBULENCE, ENOUGH TO CAUSE ITEMS IN COCKPIT TO MOVE ABOUT AIRCRAFT. PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT KLGU TO STRAIGHTEN UP AIRCRAFT. PILOT PROCEEDED TO TAKE OFF AFTER THAT. WHEN START UP, PILOT NOTICED LOUD FUEL PUMP WITH FLUCTUATING PRESSURE LEVELS. FUEL PUMP STARTED WORKING BETTER AND WASN'T AS LOUD. PILOT DECIDED TO TAKE OFF. AT 50-100 AGL, ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND WAS ROUGH. FUEL PRESSURE WAS IN THE RED AT 1.0. PILOT PROCEEDED TO TRY AND LAND AND HIT THE GROUND HARD. THE LEFT LANDING STRUT WAS BENT. AFTER RECOVERY OF AIRCRAFT, IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS ENOUGH DAMAGE TO BE DETERMINED AN ACCIDENT PER NTSB.

## 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

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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