ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 290988
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| Date: | Friday 19 June 2015 |
| Time: | 13:40 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 180A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9699B |
| MSN: | 32996 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1973 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Polson, Montana -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | COOLIN, ID (66S) |
| Polson, MT (8S1) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, while the airplane was on approach and about 3 miles from the airport, the engine lost all power. The pilot continued the descent while maintaining the best glide airspeed and performing the engine restart procedures, which included applying carburetor heat. Despite the pilot's efforts, the engine would not restart, and he initiated a forced landing to a small field. During the landing, the landing gear collapsed, and the right wing impacted terrain. Postaccident examination of the engine and airframe revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
About the time of the accident, a weather reporting facility located 37 nautical miles north of the accident site recorded a temperature and dew point that were conducive to the accumulation of carburetor icing at glide power. However, it could not be determined whether carburetor ice caused the power loss.
Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power during approach for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination revealed no anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR15LA191
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 January 1983 | N9699B | Nickell Claude T. | 0 | Monee, IL | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 07-Oct-2022 08:11 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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