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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-160 · Twin Falls, ID · September 26, 1999

Date: September 26, 1999 · 20:14 local
Place: Twin Falls, ID
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N3497P
Reported as: Piper PA23160
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,100 total180 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N3497PRegistered now · Piper PA-23-160S/N 23-1473 · Built 1958 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot stated that during approach to landing at the Twin Falls, Idaho airport, both engines quit seperately within 15 miles of the airport. The pilot made a forced emergency landing in an alfalfa field approximately 1 mile NE of the airport. The aircraft was not damaged and the pilot and passenger were not injured. Investigation showed that the pilot had flight planned the trip from missoula, Montana to Twin Falls, Idaho for a 3.5 hour flight with a fuel burn of 13.5 gallons per hour. The pilot stated that he had 60 gallons of fuel at departure. The aircraft handbook shows that the aircraft will burn approximately 18 gallons per hour.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING APPROACH TO LANDING AT THE TWIN FALLS, IDAHO AIRPORT, BOTH ENGINES QUIT SEPERATELY WITHIN 15 MILES OF THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT MADE A FORCED EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN ALFALFA FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NE OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE PILOT HAD FLIGHT PLANNED THE TRIP FROM MISSOULA, MONTANA TO TWIN FALLS, IDAHO FOR A 3.5 HOUR FLIGHT WITH A FUEL BURN OF 13.5 GALLONS PER HOUR. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD 60 GALLONS OF FUEL AT DEPARTURE. THE AIRCRAFT HANDBOOK SHOWS THAT THE AIRCRAFT WILL BURN APPROXIMATELY 18 GALLONS PER HOUR.