Salt Lake City Municipal 2 Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

West Jordan, Utah 84092
Monday, June 14, 2004 8:40 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot was demonstrating his first series of solo take-offs and landings to, and was under the supervision of, his instructor. The first two takeoffs and landings were without incident. On the third landing, the airplane bounced and he aborted the landing. On the fourth landing attempt, the airplane was at low altitude and high airspeed. The airplane landed hard, crushing the nose gear aft. The propeller was bent and the firewall was buckled.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing factors were the low altitude and high airspeed, resulting in an unstabilized approach.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/14/2004
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 840
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City West Jordan
Event State UTAH
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 84092
Event Date Year 2004
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 403710N
Event Location Longitude 1115934W
Event Location Airport Salt Lake City Municipal 2
Event Location Nearest Airport ID U42
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 4603
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 856 Mountain Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 184
Weather Observation Facility ID SLC
Elevation of weather observation facility 4227
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 10
Time Zone of the weather observation MDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 13000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Few
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 15
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 8
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 320
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 8
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.02
Density Altitude (feet) 5129
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report METAR KSLC 141656Z 32008KT 10SM FEW130 SCT200 23/0
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 16263
NTSB Notification Source FAA Comm Ctr
NTSB Notification Date Jun 14 2004 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 750
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Sep 29 2004 1:02PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Salt Lake City, UT

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N8502F
NTSB Number DEN04LA090
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Aircraft Mfg & Dev. Co. (AMD)
Aircraft Model Aleros CH 2000
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 20-1001
Certified Max Gross Weight 1692
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection May 21 2004 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 11
Airframe Hours 1355
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Salt Lake Community College
Aircraft Owner Street Address On File
Aircraft Owner City Sandy
Aircraft Owner State UT
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 84092
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code U42
Departure City West Jordan
Departure State UT
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 705
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code U42
Destination City West Jordan
Destination State UT
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - flare/touchdown
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Aug 10 2004 12:31PM
User who most recently changed record MCBM
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 16
Runway Length 5860
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --