- Date
- October 5, 1983, 16:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Kootenai, ID
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N488RVHordemann RV-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831005068179A
- Case key
- 39777
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Analysis
According to the plt he was cruising at 11500 MSL when smoke started coming from the lower forward section of the cockpit and a fire developed around his feet. The engine was shut down and the fire subsided or went out. During the glide for landing the engine was restarted and the fire retured. The plt executed a controlled, forced landing with the fire in progress.
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
- N488RV
- Reported as
- Hordemann RV-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 88
- Airframe hours
- 10
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John L. Hordemann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 26, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 11WA · Spokane, WA
- Airport
- runway 1, dirt
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 104 total · 12 in this make and model · 42 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GEG, 17 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.