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FAA accident report · Cessna 150G · Mountain View, CO · August 7, 2005

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Date
August 7, 2005 · 21:00 local
Place
Mountain View, CO
Airport
Mountain View Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4080J
Reported as
Cessna 150G
Reported engine
Continental O200A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
160 total120 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days
N4080JRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2012 · Cessna 150GS/N 15065380 · Built 1966Airframe modelCessna 150GEngine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Aircraft had flown 2.0 hours prior to the accident, to include 3 takeoff and landings at the accident airport. The pilot and passenger waited at the Mountain View Airport until night so the pilot could do some night takeoff and landings. After the night takeoff the engine started running rough and losing power at approx 400' AGL. The pilot applied carburetor heat without results and pumped the throttle giving the engine a momentary surge of power then the engine quit. The pilot initiated a left turn to return to the airport. However, with the slightly rising terrain and the lack of adequate altitude the aircraft clipped the top of trees which cartwheeled the aircraft. The aircraft hit straight down, 20-30 degrees inverted on the spinner.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN 2.0 HOURS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, TO INCLUDE 3 TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS AT THE ACCIDENT AIRPORT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WAITED AT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW AIRPORT UNTIL NIGHT SO THE PILOT COULD DO SOME NIGHT TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS. AFTER THE NIGHT TAKEOFF THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND LOSING POWER AT APPROX 400' AGL. THE PILOT APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT WITHOUT RESULTS AND PUMPED THE THROTTLE GIVING THE ENGINE A MOMENTARY SURGE OF POWER THEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT INITIATED A LEFT TURN TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. HOWEVER, WITH THE SLIGHTLY RISING TERRAIN AND THE LACK OF ADEQUATE ALTITUDE THE AIRCRAFT CLIPPED THE TOP OF TREES WHICH CARTWHEELED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT HIT STRAIGHT DOWN, 20-30 DEGREES INVERTED ON THE SPINNER.