# Incident 19990926028709I: Piper PA23160, Twin Falls, ID, September 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1999, 20:14 local time
- Place: Twin Falls, ID
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5641° N, 114.4609° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Twin Falls, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5641&lon=-114.4609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3497P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3497P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 180 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990926028709I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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