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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-38-112 · Bountiful, UT · March 7, 1986

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
March 6, 1986, 17:30 local (Mar 7, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
Place
Bountiful, UT
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Initial climb
Aircraft
N91319Piper PA-38-112
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19860306005809A
Case key
16932

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Sequence of events

NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.

Loss of control - in flightTakeoff - initial climb
Airspeed - not maintainedPilot in commandCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentPilot in commandCause
Lack of total experiencePilot in commandFactor
In flight collision with terrain/waterDescent - uncontrolled
Terrain condition - runway

Analysis

Acccording to the student plt, touch and go landings were being practiced when the acft stalled on takeoff. Witnesses stated the plt lowered the nose in an attempt to recover from the stall, however, the acft contacted the rwy.

Aircraft

Registration
N91319
Reported as
Piper PA-38-112
Category
Airplane
Serial number
38-81A0147
Airframe hours
874
Engine
Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Egbertus Van Bree
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
100 hour · December 5, 1985
Airport
BTF · Salt Lake Skypark, runway 34, 4,700 × 70 ft, asphalt

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role
Pilot
Age
55
Certificate
Student
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Left
Flight hours
38 total · 32 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
350° at 6 knots
Visibility
30 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
30,000 ft broken
Temperature
63 °F, dew point 36 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
SLC, 5 nm away

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.

Other investigations on N91319 · 1

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