ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365004
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Date: | Wednesday 3 July 1991 |
Time: | 15:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 150 |
Owner/operator: | Young & Young Assoc, Inc. |
Registration: | N50637 |
MSN: | 15069452 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5155 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Carlos, MN -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Rochester, MN (KRST) |
Destination airport: | Alexandra, MN (AXN |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT SAID THAT WHILE FLYING IN AND OUT OF CLOUDS DURING AN IFR APPROACH, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED ON A RURAL ROAD WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH POWER LINES AND THE TERRAIN. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND ENGINE RUN UP FAILED TO REVEAL THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. CONDITIONS WERE CONDUCIVE FOR CARBURETOR ICING AT THE TIME.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO USE ADEQUATE CARBURETOR HEAT. FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE CARBURETOR ICING CONDITIONS AND THE WIRES.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI91LA206 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 5 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI91LA206
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