Plane Crash List

Piper PA-38-112 N25678

13 July 1985 · American Falls, Idaho, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 July 1985 at about 19:45 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N25678, operated by Sunwest Aviation, was involved in an accident near American Falls, Idaho, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 19:45
Classification
Accident
Location
American Falls, Idaho, United States
Coordinates
42.7203, -112.9893
Aircraft
Piper PA-38-112
Registration
N25678
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Sunwest Aviation
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Blackfoot → Twin Falls
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA85LA163

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT SOLO X-COUNTRY FLT DEPARTED OGDEN, UT, AT APRX 1130 MDT AND MADE A TOUCH & GO AT BLACK FOOT, ID, AT APRX 135 MDT. THE PLT STATED THE LANDING WAS A LITTLE ROUGH AND DUE TO THE DISTRACTION, HE FORGOT TO SWITCH FUEL TANKS. FUEL EXHAUSTION OCCURRED AT 1345 MDT AND A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A POTATOE FLD WHERE THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE PLT STATED A PRINTED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND HE WAS NOT INSTRUCTED TO MEMORIZE A CHECKLIST FOR ENG FAILURE PROCEDURES WHICH INCLUDES SWITCHING FUEL TANKS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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