# Incident 20061115024789I: Cessna 182A, Bethel, AK, November 15, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2006, 12:10 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5087D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5087D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061115024789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH WHILE ENROUTE TO BETHEL. AIRCRAFT HAD ENGINE FAILURE APPROXIMATELY 3.6 NM NORTH WEST OF BETHEL. PILOT SUSPECTS CARBURETOR ICING CAUSED ENGINE TO QUIT.

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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