ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295335
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| Date: | Saturday 23 August 2003 |
| Time: | 11:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150J |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N61134 |
| MSN: | 15070827 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5719 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fennimore, Wisconsin -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kenosha-Kenosha Municipal Airport, WI (ENW/KENW) |
| Prairie Du Chien Municipal Airport, WI (PCD/KPDC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane sustained substantial damage about 1245, when the airplane nosed over during a forced landing following an in-flight loss of engine power in cruise flight. The pilot reported that he departed with "16 -18" gallons of fuel on board. The pilot stated, "[I] left Kenosha, Wisconsin, at 10:57 a.m. headed west toward the Mississippi River, Prairie du Chien. Engine quit over wooded/hilly mixed farmland. [I] went through emergency procedures then picked a field to land. [I] did not make it to the desired field." The engine was test run and it produced rated power with its damaged original carburetor. The Cessna 150 manual's cruise performance chart showed a fuel burn of 7.2 gallons per hour at an altitude of 2,500 feet and a 2,750 RPM setting. The local temperature of 29 degrees C and dew point of 12 degrees C were applied to a carburetor icing chart. The intersection of those temperatures was in the "light icing - cruise or descent power" portion of the chart
Probable Cause: The loss of engine power in cruise flight due to carburetor icing. A factor was the unsuitable terrain the pilot encountered during his forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI03LA281
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 07:16 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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