Mountain Home Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Mountain Home, Idaho 83647
Monday, October 13, 1986 21:00 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

ON SHORT FINAL THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. THE PILOT ELECTED AT THAT TIME TO PLACE THE CARBURETOR HEAT IN THE ON POSITION. THE ENGINE THEN CEASED OPERATING. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A CHAIN LINK FENCE DURING THE LANDING ROLL. NO REASON FOR THE ENGINE FAILURE COULD BE DETERMINED BY THE MECHANICS WHO INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT. HOWEVER, WHEN THE CARBURETOR HEAT CONTROL WAS IN THE FULL OFF POSITION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CARBURETOR HEAT WAS OPEN 1/3 OF THE WAY.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/13/1986
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 2100
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City MOUNTAIN HOME
Event State IDAHO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 83647
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport MOUNTAIN HOME
Event Location Nearest Airport ID U76
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 40
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 2
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 240
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 4
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2173
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Nov 24 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1230
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 32738
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 5:10PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N94529
NTSB Number SEA87LA029
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 182Q
Aircraft Series Identifier 182Q
Aircraft Serial Number 18266430
Certified Max Gross Weight 3100
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Oct 13 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 5
Airframe Hours 1270
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name THOMAS A. HOFER
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 786
Aircraft Owner City MOUNTAIN HOME
Aircraft Owner State ID
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 83647
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code PVU
Departure City PROVO
Departure State UT
Departure Country
Departure Time 1900
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code U76
Destination City MOUNTAIN HOME
Destination State ID
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --