ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367240
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 March 1990 |
| Time: | 08:20 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-150 |
| Owner/operator: | Clinton Cox |
| Registration: | N7134K |
| MSN: | 18-352 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-A2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Whitewater, MT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (NONE) |
| (NONE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PRIVATE PILOT ENCOUNTERED FREEZING FOG AND HAZE, REDUUCING THE VISIBILITY TO THREE MILES. HE TURNED BACK TO LAND BUT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. HE ADDED CARBURETOR HEAT BUT THE ENGINE BECAME ROUGHER AND REDUCED TO PARTIAL POWER. THE PILOT SELECTED A RIDGE IN ROUGH TERRAIN AND MADE A FORCED LANDING. AT TOUCHDOWN, THE TAIL LIFTED AND THE PLANE NOSED OVER. THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, ELEVATOR, WINGS, COWLING AND FIREWALL WERE BENT. DURING A POSTACCIDENT ENGINE RUN THE ENGINE OPERATED NORMALLY AND RAN FOR FIVE MINUTES.
Probable Cause: PILOT'S DELAYED USE OF CARBURETOR HEAT AND THE SUBSEQUENT INDUCTION ICING RELATED PARTIAL POWER LOSS. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE CARBURETOR ICING CONDITIONS AND THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN IN WHICH THE FORCED LANDING WAS PERFORMED.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN90LA082
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 12:18 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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