ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285278
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| Date: | Thursday 15 February 2007 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2629U |
| MSN: | 17250229 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2933 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Stephenville, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Dublin, TX (9F0) |
| Stephenville-Clark Field, TX (SEP/KSEP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot reported a loss of engine power when he reduced power during the landing approach. He was unable to restart the engine, and realized he would not be able to glide to the airport. He made a forced landing in a field, but collided with trees prior to landing. The airplane's right wing separated from the fuselage, and the airplane came to rest inverted. In the pilot's report to the NTSB, he checked the block "Was there mechanical malfunction/failure?" as "Unknown." In the recommendations section of the report, he wrote: "I believe I had carb ice-I think if I would not have reduced power to idle this would have prevented the accident." The temperature and dew point in the vicinity of the accident site were 28F and 19F, respectively. An icing probability chart indicates that this combination is likely to produce moderate carburetor icing at idle power.
Probable Cause: The loss of engine power during the landing approach due to the pilot's failure to follow the appropriate procedures to preclude carburetor ice in known carburetor icing conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DFW07CA070
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Oct-2022 07:27 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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