# Incident 20070721013579I: Piper PA11, Burley, ID, July 21, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2007, 09:00 local time
- Place: Burley, ID
- Airport: Burley Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5426° N, 113.7715° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BURLEY MUNI (BYI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5426&lon=-113.7715&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78837, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78837) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-11 (registry code 7101102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA11
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 450 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070721013579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM LANDER, WY TO BURLEY, ID. HE RAN OUT OF FUEL AND LANDED IN A POTATO FIELD ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH AND 1 MILE WEST OF RUPERT, ID WHICH PUT HIM ABOUT 4 MILES DUE EAST OF THE BURLEY, ID AIRPORT. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE PUT 3:30 MINUTES OF FUEL IN THE AIRCRAFT AND THE ENGINE QUIT AFTER 2:45 MINUTES OF FLIGHT. AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT HIT A FENCE AND CAME TO A STOP. THERE IS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE NACELLE. NO PROPERTY DAMAGE ON THE GROUND EXCEPT FOR A FEW BROKEN BARB WIRE STRANDS.

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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