# Accident 20050807024209A: Cessna 150G, Mountain View, CO, August 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2005, 21:00 local time
- Place: Mountain View, CO
- Airport: Mountain View Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7748° N, 105.0567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mountain View, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7748&lon=-105.0567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4080J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4080J-2012-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 120 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050807024209A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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