- Date
- November 15, 2022, 22:15, time zone not recorded
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT · SLC Rwy 17
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N789RJHonda HA-420
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20221115017389A
- Case key
- 106300
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot’s inadvertent attempt to takeoff on a left side of runway, rather than the centerline of runway, which resulted in a collision with runway edge lights during the night time takeoff.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, after receiving clearance for the night time takeoff, he set the heading bug to the flight heading while entering the runway. He mistook the left runway edge lights for the runway centerline and attempted a takeoff. During the takeoff roll, the left wing struck the runway edge lights and the pilot aborted the takeoff. The left wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N789RJ
- Reported as
- Honda HA-420
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 42000172
- Built
- 2020
- Airframe hours
- 443
- Engines
- Honda/GE Aero HF120, 2,050 lbs thrust, turbo jetHonda/GE Aero HF120, 2,050 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ryan Andersen, doing business as Andersen Air LLC
- Registered owner
- Andersen Air LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Destination
- KIDA · Idaho Falls, ID
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- KSLC · Salt Lake City Intl, runway 17, 9,596 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Angle of attack indicator, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Data recorder, Auto-pilot
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
- 49
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,625 total · 380 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 160° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.55 inHg
- Observed at
- KSLC
- METAR
- METAR KSLC 160454Z 16003KT 10SM FEW060 M01/M06 A3055 RMK AO2 SLP362 T10111061=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 5, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.