- Date
- December 6, 1985, 14:34 local (21:34 UTC)
- Place
- Bozeman, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4101DHelio H-391B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851206061059A
- Case key
- 16893
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Analysis
According to personnel in the area, the plt radioed he had smoke in the cockpit and was returning to gallantin field, his departure point. Later, the plt transmitted that the eng lost total pwr and he was making a forced landing. During the investigation, it was ascertained the wiring between the instrument panel and the magnetos had burned extensively and the magneto 'p' lead had shorted out.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4101D
- Reported as
- Helio H-391B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 016
- Airframe hours
- 583
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-435, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Boyne Mountain Lodge, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 6, 1985
- Departed
- BZN · Bozeman, MT
- Destination
- Portland, OR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total · 42 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 132° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 34 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BZN, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.