20070217001749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Lewiston, ID · February 17, 2007

Date
February 17, 2007 · 10:00 local
Place
Lewiston, ID
Airport
Lewiston-Nez Perce County
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6169E
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental O300*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,673 total1,500 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On Saturday February 17 the pilot privacy data omitted departed dug bar an unimproved air strip on the snake river. The weather was clear. The pilot privacy data omitted stated that the takeoff was normal and at about twenty feet in the air he got an uncommanded power reduction. He stated he had used the carburetor heat during the runup before departure but did not reapply the carburetor heat during the subsequent landing. He landed in a field that was his only option after departure from the airport. The landing was normal but the runout was rough. Just prior to stopping the aircraft the nose gear collapsed. The pilot privacy data omitted and his passenger received no injuries during this event.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ DEPARTED DUG BAR AN UNIMPROVED AIR STRIP ON THE SNAKE RIVER. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT THE TAKEOFF WAS NORMAL AND AT ABOUT TWENTY FEET IN THE AIR HE GOT AN UNCOMMANDED POWER REDUCTION. HE STATED HE HAD USED THE CARBURETOR HEAT DURING THE RUNUP BEFORE DEPARTURE BUT DID NOT REAPPLY THE CARBURETOR HEAT DURING THE SUBSEQUENT LANDING. HE LANDED IN A FIELD THAT WAS HIS ONLY OPTION AFTER DEPARTURE FROM THE AIRPORT. THE LANDING WAS NORMAL BUT THE RUNOUT WAS ROUGH. JUST PRIOR TO STOPPING THE AIRCRAFT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ AND HIS PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES DURING THIS EVENT.