WPR27LA030

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28-235 · Salt Lake City, UT · November 2, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
November 2, 2026, 10:25 local (17:25 UTC)
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N8620WPiper PA-28-235
Defining event
Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Western Pacific Region
Parties
FAA
Case key
204118

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N8620W
Reported as
Piper PA-28-235
Category
Airplane
Serial number
28-10134
Built
1963
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
Purcell Holdings Lc
Registered owner
Purcell Holdings Lc
Destination
Same as departure
Airport
SLC

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.

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
330° at 11 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
4,200 ft broken
Temperature
48 °F, dew point 39 °F
Altimeter
30.19 inHg
Observed at
KSLC, 1 nm away
METAR
METAR KSLC 021654Z 33011KT 10SM FEW025 BKN042 BKN060 09/04 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP211 SCSL DSNT NW T00890039 VISNO NW RNWY $