- Date
- November 27, 1985, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Likely, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6878BPiper PA-18A-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851127058379A
- Case key
- 25025
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While practicing power-off forced landings in an open, snow covered field, the pilot said he applied the throttle to abort the approach but the engine 'sputtered then quit.' The aircraft landed in the snow covered field and flipped over. The pilot said he thought 'it was carburetor ice.' The closest official weather reporting station (4 NM north of the accident site) was reporting the temperature/dew point as 37 and 32 degrees respectively.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6878B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-5061
- Airframe hours
- 886
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tom C. Rice
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 16, 1985 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- S57 · Likely, CA
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 247 total · 24 in this make and model · 203 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F
- Observed at
- S11, 4 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.