43.6135° N, 116.2035° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Boise, ID, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 26, 1984 · 17:41 local
Place
Boise, ID
Airport
Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
CGTQE
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360EB
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,145 total0 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Engines quit, landed in field. Pilots wife turned fuel selectors off instead of heaters. Wife is also a pilot.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINES QUIT, LANDED IN FIELD. PILOTS WIFE TURNED FUEL SELECTORS OFF INSTEAD OF HEATERS. WIFE IS ALSO A PILOT.