20230215002149I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Idaho Falls, ID · February 15, 2023

Date
February 15, 2023 · 18:01 local
Place
Idaho Falls, ID
Airport
Idaho Falls Regional
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7503W
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
829 total210 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During an instructional flight for instrument rating privacy data omittedexperienced carb ice and the instructor acting as PIC performed an emergency landing off airport on a snow covered road. Upon landing the aircraft slid off the road into a snow bank causing minor damage to the nose gear. 2 POB on board no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT FOR INSTRUMENT RATING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^EXPERIENCED CARB ICE AND THE INSTRUCTOR ACTING AS PIC PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON A SNOW COVERED ROAD. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE ROAD INTO A SNOW BANK CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR. 2 POB ON BOARD NO INJURIES.