ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365599
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| Date: | Thursday 14 March 1991 |
| Time: | 16:42 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | Bay Aero Center, Inc. |
| Registration: | N88FP |
| MSN: | 17271460 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-H2AP |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Panama City, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PLT DEPARTED VFR ON A PERSONAL FLT ALONG THE SHORELINE. NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PLT/PAX INITIATED A CLIMB AND THE ENG STARTED TO BACKFIRE. THE PLT TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE, APPLIED FULL THROTTLE, OBTAINED BEST GLIDE AIRSPEED AND INITIATED A FORCED LANDING ON THE BEACH. HOWEVER, THE LANDING WAS DIVERTED TO THE OCEAN DUE TO PERSONNEL ON THE BEACH. WITNESSES STATED THEY OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE IN MANEUVERS DESCRIBED AS CHANDELLES WITH SHARP POWER REDUCTION AND 1/2 MILE GLIDE. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PRECRASH FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. A REVIEW OF ICING PROBABILITY CHARTS INDICATED SERIOUS ICING AT GLIDE POWER BASED ON WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Probable Cause: CARBURETOR ICING DUE TO IMPROPER USE OF CARBURETOR HEAT BY THE PILOT, RESULTING IN A FORCED LANDING AND DITCHING.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA91LA099
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 11:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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