# Accident 20250415004489A: Piper PA-28-140, West Jordan, UT, April 15, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2025, 14:35 local time
- Place: West Jordan, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6179° N, 111.9965° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6179&lon=-111.9965&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15984, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15984) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 795 total, 328 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250415004489A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT WERE PRACTICING FOR THE STUDENTS CHECK RIDE. THE FLIGHT  INSTRUCTOR HAD THE STUDENT PRACTICE A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF. DURING THE INITIAL TAKE-OFF ROLE, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND ON TO THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT HIT A RUNWAY DIRECTIONAL SIGN CAUSING SUBSTAINTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THEN  ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND TAXIED OFF OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT RECORDS WERE REVIEWED AND FOUND TO HAVE THE CORRECT CERTIFICATION.

## 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 WPR25LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA142), Apr 15, 2025: Piper PA28 (N15984), West Jordan, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the pilot inadvertently using a runway that resulted in a tailwind condition and the flight…

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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