Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Lemhi County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Salmon, Idaho 83467
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 12:20 MDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On August 13, 2014, about 1220 mountain daylight time, a Piper PA-28-236 airplane, N2190H was substantially damaged during landing, following a loss of engine power and emergency descent from cruise flight, near the Lemhi County Airport (KSMN), Salmon, Idaho. The airplane was registered to and operated by the private pilot as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal cross-country flight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and the pilot was not injured. The sole passenger received minor injuries. The airplane departed Gooding Municipal Airport (KGNG), Gooding, Idaho, about 1100 for Kalispell City Airport (S27), Kalispell, Montana, and no flight plan had been filed.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC) on August 13, the pilot said that during run-up, prior to departing Gooding, he noted that there was no engine vacuum indication. He took the airplane to a maintenance facility at the Gooding Airport, and the vacuum pump was replaced. Following the repair, all the airplane's systems appeared to be functioning normally, and the pilot departed for Kalispell in the airplane. About 150 miles north of Gooding, the pilot heard an unusual noise from the engine, and noted a loss of engine oil pressure. He turned toward the nearest airport, which was Lemhi County, and made a mayday call on 121.5 Mhz. The pilot believed he had enough altitude and airspeed to make it to the airport. Approaching the airport, it was clear that he would be short of the airport, and he elected to land in a hay field next to the airport. After touchdown in the field, the airplane encountered a road perpendicular to his direction of travel, which collapsed the landing gear, and the airplane slid through the airport's perimeter fence.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to its wings and fuselage. No preaccident mechanical anomalies, with the exception of the vacuum pump replacement, were reported.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/13/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 1220 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Daylight Time |
| Event City | Salmon |
| Event State | IDAHO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 83467 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 450715N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1135231W |
| Event Location Airport | Lemhi County Airport |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | KSMN |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | -- |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | -- |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | -- |
| Lighting Conditions | -- |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | NWM ROC Gary |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 16 2014 12:31PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N2190H |
| NTSB Number | WPR14LA345 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA 28-236 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 236 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 28-7911060 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 4 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | KEMPER EUGENE L JR |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | CHICO |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 959262311 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | KEMPER EUGENE L JR |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | CHICO |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 959262311 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | KGNG |
| Departure City | Gooding |
| Departure State | ID |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1100 |
| Departure Time Zone | MDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | S27 |
| Destination City | Kalispell |
| Destination State | MT |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 16 2014 12:32PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |