- Date
- November 13, 1983, 11:06 local (18:06 UTC)
- Place
- Inkom, ID
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N49842Jodel-Bernier Jodel F-11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831113056839A
- Case key
- 39783
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed during a forced landing attempt after the engine quit. The pilot reported the engine stopped while in cruise flt. It started and stopped and started a 2nd time but would not maintain flt. The pilot turned toward a hayfieldfor landing. The engine stopped again. Thinking he had enough altitude he did not try a restart. As he came over a bluffthe acft dropped and hit the ground before reaching the field. The acft landed in an area of roughness and obstructions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49842
- Reported as
- Jodel-Bernier Jodel F-11
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 6277
- Airframe hours
- 110
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gordon Bernier
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 20, 1983 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- PIH · Pocatello, ID
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 99 total · 76 in this make and model · 68 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIH, 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.