ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68044
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| Date: | Monday 24 August 2009 |
| Time: | 17:20 |
| Type: |  Cessna 180 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4601A |
| MSN: | 32199 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5824 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Eklutna, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Chugiak, AK (BCV) |
| Chugiak, AK (BCV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airline transport pilot reported that he was approaching his destination airport at the conclusion of a local personal flight. He said that while in cruise flight at 1,200 feet above ground level, the engine began to run rough and lose power. He noticed that the carburetor air temperature was just above the carburetor ice zone marked in red on the gauge, so he applied full carburetor heat, which was followed by a complete loss of engine power. Unable to restart the engine, he selected a marshy tree-covered site as a forced landing area. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and wings during the forced landing. A Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness inspector’s postaccident inspection disclosed no evidence any preimpact mechanical problems. An aviation weather reporting station indicated that the temperature was 57 degrees F, and the dew point was 45 degrees F. When these values are entered into a carburetor icing probability chart, the results are in the "serious icing-cruise power" category. Given the lack of any mechanical anomalies it is likely that the formation of carburetor ice resulted in the loss of engine power.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s delayed use of carburetor heat while operating in conditions conducive to carburetor icing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2009 03:08 | RobertMB | Added |
| 25-Aug-2009 09:21 | Digitalis | Updated |
| 29-Aug-2009 01:46 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 02-Dec-2017 15:59 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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