- Date
- February 21, 1990, 18:30 local (Feb 22, 1990, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nephi, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N81658Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900221009679A
- Case key
- 17895
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain direction control and correct the resultant ground swerve. The snow bank was a related factor.
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.
Analysis
The plt was making a touch and go landing on rwy 16 with winds he estimated were calm. He said that at touchdown, the plane turned left and struck a snow bank on the side of the rwy. The nose gear collapsed and the firewall was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81658
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8216128
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alpine Aviation
- Departed
- U77 · Spanish Fork, UT
- Destination
- PVU · Provo, UT
- Airport
- U14 · Nephi, runway 16, 4,700 × 75 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 48 total · 48 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.