# Accident 20241019019619A: Piper PA-11, Rexburg, ID, October 19, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2024, 12:30 local time
- Place: Rexburg, ID
- Airport: Rexburg-Madison County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8339° N, 111.8051° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8339&lon=-111.8051&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4846M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4846M) (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 PA-11
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,820 total, 1,909 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241019019619A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS DESCENDING FOR LANDING AT A LOCAL AVIATION EVENT AND FAILED TO CLEAR POWERLINES AT THE EDGE OF A FIELD. AS A RESULT OF HITTING THE POWER LINES THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN NOSE DOWN CAUSING SERIUOS INJURIES AND SUBSTATIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS PROPERLY CERTIFICATED AND MEDICALLY QUALIFIED FOR THE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT INSPECTION STATUS WAS CURRENT.

## 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 WPR25LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA021), Oct 19, 2024: Piper PA-11 (N4846M), Rexburg, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to see and avoid transmission wires during the landing approach.

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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