# Accident 20130818016329A: Cessna 172B, Sisters, OR, August 18, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2013, 09:30 local time
- Place: Sisters, OR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5544° N, 121.8586° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5544&lon=-121.8586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8141X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8141X-2015-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 150 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA378) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130818016329A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 18, N8141X, WHILE MARVELING (FOR SURVEYING HUNTING LOCATIONS IN THE JEFFERSON WILDERNESS) AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 8000FT, EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMENTED ENGINE SHUTDOWN.  THE ENGINE WAS IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED AND CARBURETOR HEAT WAS TURNED ON.  THEN ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN TO 2-3 MINUTES WHILE THE PILOT TURNED AND HEADED BACK TO THE POINT OF DEPARTURE AT LEBANON AIRPORT OREGON WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ANOTHER UNCOMMENTED ENGINE SHUTDOWN.  THE ENGINE WAS IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED AND CONTINUED AGAIN TO RUN FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ANOTHER UNCOMMENTED ENGINE SHUTDOWN.  THIS TIME THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AND WOULD ONLY MAKE IDLE POWER.   AT THIS POINT THE PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO DITCH THE AIRCRAFT IN MARION LAKE. UPON DITCHING THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND SWAM TO SHORE.

## 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 WPR13LA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA378), Aug 18, 2013: Cessna 172B (N8141X), Sisters, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during cruise flight for reasons that could not be determined because the engine was not properly preserved to prevent corrosion after the wreckage was recovered from the lake.

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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