- Date
- December 7, 1985, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5635DMaule M-5-180C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851207061149A
- Case key
- 40338
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Induction air control/system - iceCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - snow coveredFactor
Analysis
A total loss of power occurred during an ILS approach due to induction ice. During touchdown on 12 inches of snow a nose over occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5635D
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-180C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8006C
- Airframe hours
- 1,350
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-CIF, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Roth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 1, 1985 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- BZM · Bozeman, MT
- Destination
- TWF · Twin Falls, ID
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- IDA · Idaho Falls, runway 202, 8,997 × 150 ft, snow
N5635DRegistered now · Maule M-5-180CAirframe modelMaule M-5-180CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,905 total · 121 in this make and model · 5,905 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IDA, 5 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.