# Accident 20210812018579A: Piper PA-28-140, Panguitch, UT, August 12, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2021, 19:04 local time
- Place: Panguitch, UT
- Airport: Panguitch Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8557° N, 112.3880° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8557&lon=-112.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1651J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1651J-2023-01-14) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,410 total, 20 in this make and model, 166 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA319) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210812018579A

## Narrative

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

AT 1600 MST THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) FUELED N1651J TO FULL CAPACITY (50 GALLONS).  THE PIC AND TWO PASSENGERS DEPARTED ST. GEORGE REGIONAL AIRPORT (SGU) AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT PANGUITCH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (U55).  THE ELEVATION AT SGU IS 2,700 FEET AND THE ELEVATION AT U55 IS 6,762 FEET.  ALL INDIVIDUALS LEFT THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PIC RETURNED AT 1900 WITH TWO DIFFERENT PASSENGERS.  A PREFLIGHT WAS PERFORMED, 11 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN CONSUMED AND THE CALCULATED WEIGHT WAS DETERMINED TO BE UNDER GROSS MAX TAKEOFF.   DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS NOT FACTORED BUT WAS IDENTIFIED LATER TO BE AT ~9000 FEET ELEVATION.  THE PIC PERFORMED A MAX PERFORMANCE TAKEOFF, BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO ROTATION AND LIFTED OFF.  THE AIRCRAFT REACHED ~100 FEET ELEVATION BEFORE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED IN A FIELD.  GROSS WEIGHT CALCULATIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE 2,199 LBS AND THE MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT WAS 2,100 LBS.

## 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 WPR21LA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA319), Aug 13, 2021: Piper PA-28-140 (N1651J), Panguitch, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s inability to maintain altitude during the initial climb due to a degradation in the airplane’s performance due to high-density altitude conditions. Contributing to the accident was the…

## Other reports on N1651J (2)

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

- [Incident 19930428013489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930428013489I), Apr 28, 1993: Piper PA28140 (N1651J), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Lost directional control of aircraft on rollout. Student inadvertently applied left brake. Brakes on left side only
- [Accident 19810619034599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810619034599A), Jun 19, 1981: Piper PA28140 (N1651J), Elgin, AZ, Substantial damage. Stalled airplane avoiding power-line on landing approach.

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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