Jodel-Bernier JODEL F-11 N49842

Summary

On 13 November 1983 at about 18:06 local time, a Jodel-Bernier JODEL F-11 registered N49842 was involved in an accident near Inkom, Idaho, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 November 1983 at 18:06

Classification

Accident

Location

Inkom, Idaho, United States

Coordinates

42.8198, -112.2293

Aircraft

Jodel-Bernier JODEL F-11

Registration

N49842

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pocatello → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA84FA020

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED DURING A FORCED LANDING ATTEMPT AFTER THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT REPORTED THE ENGINE STOPPED WHILE IN CRUISE FLT. IT STARTED AND STOPPED AND STARTED A 2ND TIME BUT WOULD NOT MAINTAIN FLT. THE PILOT TURNED TOWARD A HAYFIELDFOR LANDING. THE ENGINE STOPPED AGAIN. THINKING HE HAD ENOUGH ALTITUDE HE DID NOT TRY A RESTART. AS HE CAME OVER A BLUFFTHE ACFT DROPPED AND HIT THE GROUND BEFORE REACHING THE FIELD. THE ACFT LANDED IN AN AREA OF ROUGHNESS AND OBSTRUCTIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.