# Accident 20030717015749A: Piper PA34200T, Whitebird, ID, July 17, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2003
- Place: Whitebird, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7627° N, 116.3004° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of White Bird, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7627&lon=-116.3004&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGBEN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360EB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 10,250 total, 407 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030717015749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 17, 2003 A PA34-200T UNDER CANADIAN REGISTRY C-GBEN AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 PDT CRASHED AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED NEAR WHITEBIRD, ID. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THE CRASH. THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY IMPACTED TREES CAUSING SEPARATION OF WINGS AND STABILATOR, THE AIRCRAFT THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW/RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 285 FEET SHEDDING BOTH ENGINES, MOST OF THE NOSE SECTION FORWARD OF THE PILOT/CO-PILOT SEATS, AND TAIL SURFACES. BOTH PROPELLERS WERE SEPARATED FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE ENGINES. THE FUSELAGE CAME TO REST AGAINST SEVERAL MID SIZED TREES. NO FUEL WAS FOUND AT THE WRECK SITE, HOWEVER ALL FUEL CAVITIES IN THE LEFT WING WERE BREACHED AND ALL FUEL LINES IN THE RIGHT HAND WING PANEL WERE OPEN TO THE ATMOSPHERE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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