# Accident 20090215000859A: Piper PA24260, Haggerman, ID, February 15, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2009, 20:45 local time
- Place: Haggerman, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8197° N, 115.1047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8197&lon=-115.1047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8810P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8810P-2017-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540D4A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 66 total, 5 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090215000859A

## Narrative

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

WHILE RETURNING HOME TO BOUNTIFUL AIRPARK FROM CALDWELL, ID (EUL) WITH HIS NEWLY PURCHASED AIRCRAFT, A PA24-260, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER NIGHT VFR CONDITIONS APPROXIMATELY 1.5 HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS A STUDENT PILOT WITH 66.9 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME, OF THAT 66.9 HOURS ONLY 7.9 WERE IN A HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPLEX AIRCRAFT, 4.3 HOURS OF NIGHT DUAL AND 2.8 HOURS OF SIMULATED INSTRUMENT.  THE PIC HAD MADE HIS LAST FLIGHT ON 08-26-2008 IN A PA28-R200 AND HAD 5.7 HOURS IN A PA24-250 ON 10-30-2007.  AFTER TAKEOFF IN HIS NEWLY PURCHASED AIRCRAFT THE PIC MADE CONTACT WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER BY CELL PHONE ASKING ABOUT FUEL GAUGE INDICATION.  LATER IN THE FLIGHT WHILE COMMUNICATING BY RADIO WITH THE PILOT OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT HE WAS TRAVELING WITH THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT PILOT INDICATING THAT THE DOOR WAS OPEN AND IT WAS COLD IN THE COCKPIT AND SAID HE NEEDED TO LAND TO CORRECT THE SITUATION.  HE TURNED 180 DEGREES FROM HIS CURRENT HEADING AND WAS GOING TO LAND AT U76.  HE LATER REPORTED THAT HE HAD RESOLVED THE SITUATION WITHOUT LANDING AT U76 AND WAS TURNING AROUND TO CONTINUE TO BOUNTIFUL AIRPARK NEAR SLC.  SHORTLY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED AN INFLIGHT BREAKUP AND CRASHED.

## 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 WPR09FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA116), Feb 16, 2009: Piper PA-24-260 (N8810P), Hagerman, ID, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's spatial disorientation, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control and subsequent in-flight breakup. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's mental condition which could…

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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