ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140233
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| Date: | Sunday 4 December 2011 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172D Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2344U |
| MSN: | 17249944 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2566 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Highway 45, near Bellhaven, Hyde County, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Belhaven, NC |
| Belhaven, NC | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was maneuvering the airplane over a marshy area about 700 feet above ground level. The airplane was in a left turn when the engine experienced a total loss of power. The pilot continued the left turn and made a forced landing, during which the airplane struck a small tree, the nose landing gear separated, and the airplane rotated about 180 degrees. Postaccident examination of the engine assembly revealed no malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. Review of the local weather conditions and the Federal Aviation Administration’s carburetor icing probability chart indicated that conditions were conducive to serious carburetor icing at glide, but not at cruise, power settings. It was not possible to determine what engine power settings the pilot used during the accident flight maneuvers.
Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 August 1988 | N2344U | Private | 0 | Tupelo, MS | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2011 06:33 | RobertMB | Added |
| 05-Dec-2011 08:10 | RobertMB | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Dec-2011 09:07 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Dec-2011 09:44 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2011 14:04 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 17:38 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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