- Date
- June 24, 1983, 19:00 local (Jun 25, 1983, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Hall, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1144APiper PA-18-125
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830624055529A
- Case key
- 39725
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft nosed over during a forced landing after a power loss. The pilot stated that during a descent to an arpt the engine suddenly lost power. Emergency start procedures failed and a forced landing was made in a grain field. During roll out the acft nosed over. The pilot said that after the accident he found a dirty fuel screen and the acft had sat on the ground for a week and a half with the tanks only 1/2 full of fuel. He found water in the fuel after the accident. He drained some fuel prior to takeoff, but had not used a strainer to visually check for water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1144A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-125
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18737
- Airframe hours
- 1,410
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James H. Sallmon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1983
- Departed
- U58 · Downey, ID
- Destination
- PIH · Pocatello, ID
- Airport
- NONE
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 4,125 total · 525 in this make and model · 3,900 as pilot in command · 137 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIH, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.