ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353513
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| Date: | Friday 4 December 1998 |
| Time: | 14:25 LT |
| Type: |  Bellanca 8GCBC |
| Owner/operator: | Seair, Inc. |
| Registration: | N395AC |
| MSN: | 395-98 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 98 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-C1G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Burlington, WI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Rochester, IN (KRCR) |
| (96C) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot said that he was in a visual descent to land when the airplane's engine lost most of its power. The pilot applied carburetor heat, but the engine lost more power. The pilot elected to perform an emergency landing on a lake. The pilot said that the lake was not long enough to stop the airplane before coming in contact with the shore. Examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies. Weather conditions reported at Kenosha, Wisconsin, 14 miles east-southeast of the accident site were overcast ceiling of 200 feet, 1 mile visibility, temperature 52 degrees Fahrenheit, and dew point 52 degrees Fahrenheit. According to the Department of Transportation/Federal Aviation Administration/CT-82/44 Publication: Light Aircraft Piston Engine Carburetor Ice Detector/Warning Device Sensitivity/ Effectiveness, June 1982, Carburetor Icing Probability Chart; these conditions places the probability for carburetor icing in the 'serious icing at cruise power' area of the chart.
Probable Cause: Carburetor ice, the pilot's inadequate pre-flight planning/preparation resulting in his flight into poor weather conditions, and the pilot's improper use of carburetor heat. Factors contributing to this accident were the carburetor icing conditions, the rising embankment at the shoreline and the trees.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI99LA048
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Mar-2024 07:36 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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