# Accident 19971010030629A: Piper PA28181, Leadore, ID, October 10, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1997, 19:30 local time
- Place: Leadore, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4901° N, 113.3603° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4901&lon=-113.3603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2938B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2938B-2000-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971010030629A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE 2 POB SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. ACFT WAS DESTROYED. LEADORE, ID. (.4) AN AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN FLYING TO THE EAST UNDER A 300-500 FOOT OVERCAST ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE. AT THAT TIME, THE AMBIENT LIGHT CONDITIONS HAD JUST TURNED FROM DUSK TO DARK, AND WITNESSES SENSED THAT THE PILOT WAS FOLLOWING THE ROAD THAT RAN NEAR THE CENTER OF THE VALLEY THROUGH WHICH THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NEXT SEEN ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF THE FIRST SIGHTING, FLYING LOW OVER THE ROAD, AND ENTERING THE WEST SIDE OF GILMORE SUMMIT. WHEN THE PILOT DID NOT ARRIVE AT HIS DESTINATION, A SEARCH WAS BEGUN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED IN THE HILLS NEAR THE SUMMIT. LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT DURING THE EVENING, THE WEATHER HAD BEEN GETTING WORSE, THE CLOUDS HAD BEEN LOWERING, AND SNOW STARTED FALLING IN THE SUMMIT, SOON AFTER THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA98FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98FA001), Oct 11, 1997: Piper PA-28-181 (N2938B), Leadore, ID, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent entry into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain clearance from wooded terrain in the area where he was maneuvering. Factors relating to the…

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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