# Incident 20220206001469I: Piper PA-32-300, February 6, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2022, 09:30 local time
- Airport: Salt Lake City Municipal 2
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8677N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8677N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 441 total, 326 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/20220206001469I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM U42 HEADING NORTH. PILOT THEN TURNED WEST. DUE TO CONFLICTING TRAFFIC, PILOT CONTINUED 2 MILES FARTHER NORTH THAN NORMAL. PILOT INCREASED ALTITUDE, BUT NEEDED TO STAY BELOW CLASS B AIRSPACE. PILOT TURNED SOUTH AND OBSERVED MODERATE HAZE. A SUDDEN LOUD BANG AND AIRCRAFT SHUDDER OCCURRED. PILOT IMMEDIATELY CHECK CONTROLS. PILOT WASNT SURE WHAT THEY HAD HIT, THOUGHT IT WAS A BIRD. PILOT COMPLETED A 180 DEGREE TURN AND APPROACH U42 FROM THE WEST. LANDING WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER PARKING AIRCRAFT PILOT FOUND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS TURNED OUTWARD ABOUT 20 DEGREES AND THERE WERE SOME GOUGES ON THE BRAKE HOUSING AND OLEO STRUT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N8677N (1)

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

- [Incident 19970624029859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970624029859I), Jun 24, 1997: Piper PA32300 (N8677N), Kodiak, AK, Substantial damage. Narrative: taxied into a fork lift truck that was left on an active taxiway. Pilot did not see due to nose attitude and driver running away from fork lift.…

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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