# Accident 20080708839889A: Cessna 150F, Kalispell, MT, July 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2008, 14:25 local time
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Airport: Kalispell City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1700° N, 114.3017° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1700&lon=-114.3017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8647G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8647G-2010-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,010 total, 225 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080708839889A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 8, 2008, ABOUT 14:30 MST, A CESSNA 150F, N8647G, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN THE PILOT, A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR EXPERIENCED ENGINE TROUBLE INFLIGHT, AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT KALISPELL CITY AIRPORT (S27), KLISPELL, MT.  THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED WITH CALM WINDS, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR LOCAL LANDING PRACTICE FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED S27 AT ABOUT 14:20 MST.  THE STUDENT PILOT INITIATED A TAKEOFF, AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HAD REACHED APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CONTROLS, FEATHERED THE ENGINE BACK AND THEN ADVANCED THE THROTTLE.  THE ENGINE CLEARED UP, AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CONTINUED A CLIMB TO APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AGL.  HE THEN INITIATED A RIGHT HAND TURN TO RETURN TO KALISPELL CITY AIRPORT.  AT 90 DEGREES INTO THE TURN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED DOWN 20 DEGREES.  THE PILOT TRIED TO RECOVER BUT WAS UNABLE AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A HORSE CORRAL, SOUTH CORRAL, WOUTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX08LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA212), Jul 8, 2008: Cessna 150F (N8647G), Kalispell, MT, destroyed. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power during initial climb due to fuel system contamination by a foreign substance. Contributing to the accident was the uneven terrain.

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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