# Incident 19960527017479I: Piper PA24250, Glenns Ferry, ID, May 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1996, 19:15 local time
- Place: Glenns Ferry, ID
- Airport: Glenns Ferry Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9437° N, 115.3301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GLENNS FERRY MUNI (U89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9437&lon=-115.3301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5429P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5429P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960527017479I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED AFTER LEAVING JACKPOT, NV ENROUTE TO SILVERDALE, WA @ FLT. LEVEL 120, ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH, PILOT TRIED CARBURETOR HEAT, NO HELP. IMC AT FLT. LEVEL 100. PILOT CONTACTED SLC ARTCC DECLARING EMERGENCY FOR ENGINE POWER LOSS AND REQUESTED VECTOR TO NEAREST AIRPORT. SLC ARTCC ADVISED PILOT OF GLENNS FERRY MUNI AND VECTORED HIM THERE. UPON LANDING PILOT CHECKED FOR OBVIOUS DEFECTS AFTER SHUTDOWN, NONE FOUND. PILOT RAN-UP AIRCRAFT ON GROUND, EXECUTED TAKE-OFF AND PATTERN FLYING, NO ANOMALIES NOTED, CONTINUED FLIGHT TO DESTINATION WITHOUT INCIDENT. AN MDR WILL BE SENT TO THE BOI FSDO BY MCDOWELL. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N5429P (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910211011419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910211011419I), Feb 11, 1991: Piper PA24250 (N5429P), Kingston, WA, Minor damage. Fuel exhaustion on approach to bfi. Forced landing on a road. Struck a newspaper box with right wing.
- [Incident 19790413010179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790413010179I), Apr 13, 1979: Piper PA24250 (N5429P), Wray, CO, Minor damage. Pilot selected gear down, did not check. Gear did not extend because the landing gear circuit breaker was "out".

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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