ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 369314
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Date: | Saturday 14 January 1989 |
Time: | 14:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 150 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N22997 |
MSN: | 15068669 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4274 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Clarion, IA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Blaine, MN (KANE) |
Destination airport: | Webster City, IA (KEBS) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:DURING A PERSONAL CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE PILOT SAID THE ENGINE LOST POWER. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED ON A RURAL GRAVEL ROAD, AND DURING THE ROLL-OUT, A ROAD SIGN WAS STRUCK CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION, LACK OF FUEL, OR FUEL CONTAMINATION. METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE FAVORABLE FOR CARBURETOR ICING ACCORDING TO THE 'ICING PROBABILITY CHARTS.' TEMPERATURE WAS 36 DEGS F AND DEWPOINT WAS 25 DEGS F.
Probable Cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO PROPERLY USE THE CARBURETOR HEAT DURING ICING CONDITIONS RESULTING IN CARBURETOR ICE FORMATION AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MKC89LA051 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MKC89LA051
History of this aircraft
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