- Date
- April 4, 1984, 12:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1436XPiper PA28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 39891
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student plt was on a solo x-country flt & had refueled at twin Falls, ID. When she took off, both fuel tanks were full. While descending thru about 6000 ft, near the destination arpt, the eng sputtered & quit running. The student enriched the mixture, checked the primer & turned on the fuel boost pump, but did not switch fuel tanks. She had been using fuel from the left tank only. An emergency landing was made on soft, uneven terrain, covered with sagebrush & the acft was damaged. An investigation revealed that the left fuel tank was empty & the right tank was full. There was no evidence of fuel leaks. The elevation of the accident site was 5489 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1436X
- Reported as
- Piper PA28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7525312
- Engine
- Lycoming LYC-O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wyse, Roger E., doing business as Mountain Air
- Registered owner
- Wyse, Roger E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 28, 1983
- Departed
- TWE · Twin Falls, ID
- Destination
- IDA · Idaho Falls, ID
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 32 total · 21 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IDA, 20 nm away