Cessna 150F N8339G

Summary

On 11 August 1985 at about 03:28 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N8339G, operated by Richard Kirkham, was involved in an accident near Pocatello, Idaho, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 August 1985 at 03:28

Classification

Accident

Location

Pocatello, Idaho, United States

Coordinates

42.9000, -112.3904

Aircraft

Cessna 150F

Registration

N8339G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Richard Kirkham

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bountiful → Pocatello

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

SEA85LA194

Nobody was injured.

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

UPON ARRIVAL IN THE VICINITY OF HIS DESTINATION THE PLT COMMENCED A REDUCED PWR DESCENT WHILE IN CONDITIONS WHICH WERE CONDUCIVE TO CARBURETOR ICEING. DURING THE DESCENT THE PLT APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT WITH A RESULTANT DROP IN RPM AND, APPREHENSIVE OF THIS CONDITION, RETURNED THE CARBURETOR HEAT TO 'OFF'. A TOTAL PWR LOSS FOLLOWED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE PLT THEN MANEUVERED THE ACFT TO A FORCED LANDING IN AN AGRICULTURAL FLD UNDER CONDITIONS OF DARKNESS. DURING THE APCH THE ACFT STRUCK A FENCE POST AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE PLT SUBSEQUENTLY REPORTED THAT HE BELIEVED THAT CARBURETOR HEAT WAS ONLY NECESSARY DURING COLD WEATHER OPERATIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.