Piper PA-20-135 N1571A

Summary

On 1 January 2021 at about 00:00 local time, a Piper PA-20-135 registered N1571A was involved in an accident near Riverside, Utah, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 January 2021 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Riverside, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Private (PRIV)

Coordinates

41.7801, -112.1418

Aircraft

Piper PA-20-135

Registration

N1571A

Category

Airplane

Year built

1951

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gooding → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR21LA079

Nobody was injured.

A failure of the throttle control during a landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with a fence.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, following a “smooth” landing, he reduced power, but the throttle control broke and the engine advanced to full power. The pilot immediately placed the mixture control in the lean position, but the airplane overran the runway onto a road. The left wing of the airplane subsequently contacted a fence, the airplane rotated left 180° and impacted a fencepost before it came to rest. The right main landing gear collapsed, and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.