ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366883
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| Date: | Monday 28 May 1990 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R-22B |
| Owner/operator: | Sacramento Executive Hel. Inc. |
| Registration: | N649MB |
| MSN: | 0649 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sacramento, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Sacramento, CA (SAC |
| (KSAC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT WERE MAKING AUTOROTATIONS AND TERMINATING THE DESCENT WITH A POWER RECOVERY. THEY DID NOT APPLY FULL CARBURETOR HEAT AS PRESCRIBED BY THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER. UPON APPLYING RECOVERY POWER THE POWERPLANT FAILED TO RESPOND. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ITS DESCENT AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN.
Probable Cause: THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER'S CHECKLIST BY NEGLECTING TO APPLY FULL CARBURETOR HEAT AT LOW POWER SETTINGS.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX90LA199
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 September 1992 | N649MB | Sacramento Exec Helicopters | 0 | Colfax, CA | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 21-Mar-2024 13:11 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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