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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28-161 · Tooele, UT · October 1, 1993

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
September 30, 1993, 18:00 local (Oct 1, 1993, 00:00 UTC)
Place
Tooele, UT
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N21170Piper PA-28-161
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report September 13, 1994
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19930930037099A
Case key
41780

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Probable cause

The pilot in command's failure to maintain directional control. A factor contributing to the accident was the fence.

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 - on ground/waterTakeoff - roll/run
Touch-and-go - performedPilot in command
Directional control - not maintainedPilot in commandCause
On ground/water collision with objectTakeoff - aborted
Object - fenceFactor

Analysis

The student pilot lost directional control of the aircraft when the nose pitched up during the application of power upon his first touch and go landing on runway 34. The aircraft diverged 40 degrees to the left of the runway centerline and the pilot was unable to regain sufficient directional control to prevent the aircraft from impacting a barbed wire fence which paralleled the runway.

Factual narrative

On September 30, 1993, at approximately 1800 hours mountain daylight time (MDT), a Piper PA-28-161, N21170, registered to and operated by Executive Aircraft International, and being flown by Francesco Consadori, a certificated student pilot, was substantially damaged during an aborted takeoff following a touch and go landing at the Bolinder Tooele Valley Airport, Tooele, Utah. The pilot was uninjured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The flight, which was an instructional solo, was to have been operated in accordance with the requirements set forth in 14CFR91, and originated from the Salt Lake City International Airport at approximately 1730.

The pilot reported that following the application of power after his first touch and go landing, the "aircraft nose pitched up quite suddenly and simultaneously (the) left wing dropped." The pilot retarded the throttle and attempted to abort the takeoff. He reported that the aircraft then "touched down on (the) edge of (the) runway heading approximately 40 degrees (to the) left of (the) runway heading" and began to roll off the runway and into the grass. The pilot attempted to control the aircraft by applying up elevator and rudder input. He then applied right brake in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid impacting a barbed wire fence which paralleled the runway.

Aircraft

Registration
N21170
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Category
Airplane
Serial number
28-7916029
Airframe hours
6,547
Engine
Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Registered owner
Executive Aircraft Intnl
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
100 hour · September 8, 1993 · 47 hours before
Departed
SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
TVY · Bolinder Tooele Valley, runway 34, 5,498 × 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
48
Certificate
Student
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Left
Flight hours
59 total · 18 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
300° at 5 knots
Visibility
70 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
16,000 ft broken
Temperature
81 °F, dew point 21 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
SLC, 20 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 N21170 · 3

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