# Accident 20050509010109A: Piper PA28235, Lowell, ID, May 9, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2005, 16:40 local time
- Place: Lowell, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0267° N, 115.5650° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0267&lon=-115.5650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8805W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8805W-2013-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,552 total, 1,156 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05FA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050509010109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 05-09-2005, WHILE ON AN IFR FLIGHT IN IMC FROM JACKSON HOLE WY TO PASCO, WA, AT APPROXIMATELY 1640 HOURS LOCAL TIME, N8805W A PA 28-235 CRASHED INTO MOUNTAINOUS TREE COVERED TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES SOUTH OF LOWELL, ID. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT INCURRED SERIOUS INJURIES, BUT SURVIVED THE CRASH AND SPENT TWO NIGHTS AT THE CRASH SITE PRIOR TO BEING RESCUED MID-DAY 05-11-2005. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED IN THIS CRASH LANDING. THE PILOT REPORTED TO ATC (SEATTLE CENTER), WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THAT HE COULD NOT LONGER REMAIN AT HIS ASSIGNED ALTITUDE DUE TO THE ENGINE NOT PRODUCING ADEQUATE POWER. HE WAS GIVEN A LOWER ALTITUDE BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THE ASSIGNED LOWER ALTITUDE. THE PILOT EVENTUALLY REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE HAD QUIT. HE LATER REPORTED THAT HE HAD RESTARTED THE ENGINE BUT SOON STATED THAT THE ENGINE HAD QUIT AGAIN. RADAR CONTACT WAS SOON LOST AND THE PILOT DESCENDED INTO MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WHERE THE CRASH OCCURRED.

## 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 SEA05FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05FA097), May 9, 2005: Piper PA-28-235 (N8805W), Lowell, ID, destroyed. Probable cause: The number four exhaust valve sticking in the open position during cruise flight. Factors include the pilot's failure to have an Airframe and Powerplant mechanic look at the engine after it had run…

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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