# Accident 20070314003449A: Piper PA30, Paris, ID, March 14, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2007, 20:40 local time
- Place: Paris, ID
- Airport: Bear Lake County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3400° N, 111.1717° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3400&lon=-111.1717&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7169Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7169Y-2017-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,284 total, 5 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070314003449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 14, 2007 AT 2040 MDT A PIPER PA-30-30, N7169Y, S/N 30-190, CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT BEAR LAKE CO AIRPORT (1U7). THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, THERE WERE 2 MINOR INJURIES. THE PART 91 FLIGHT DEPARTED ON 03/14/07 FROM TROUTDALE, OR FOR RAWLINGS, WY. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , AND HIS SON, A PASSENGER RATED PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OM^. THE AIRCRAFT AS REPORTED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT @ 15,000 FEET, WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE QUIT. AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS TO RE-START THE ENGINE THE PIC REQUESTED VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT TO LAND. AT THIS TIME HE WAS DIRECTED TO BEAR LAKE CO AIRPORT IN PARIS, ID, HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE APPROACH END TO RWY 28 BUT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD DIRECTLY SOUTH AND PARALLEL TO RWY 10 AND 28. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR DOWN .4 MILES SOUTH OF THE RWY IN A WET, MUDDY, GRASS FIELD, FIELD ELEVATION 5800 FEET, TOUCHING DOWN, THE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE SOME 155 FEET. BOTH PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE MAIN CABIN DOOR.

## 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 LAX07LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA108), Mar 15, 2007: Piper PA-30 (N7169Y), Paris, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of power in the right engine for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N7169Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19770409011369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770409011369A), Apr 9, 1977: Piper PA30 (N7169Y), Brooksville, FL, Substantial damage

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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