ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356453
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 November 1996 |
| Time: | 13:50 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150 |
| Owner/operator: | Nimbus Aerobatics, Ltd. |
| Registration: | C-GOCS |
| MSN: | 15075899 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bowbells, ND -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Minot, ND (KMOT) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While in cruise flight, the pilot said his RPM suddenly dropped and the engine began to make a '...stuttering...' noise. He said he applied carburetor heat and positioned the mixture to full rich. The engine continued to make the stuttering noise and have '...drops in the RPM.' As he approached an alternate airport he said he was informed the airport had no winter maintenance. He said he selectd a field that appeared flat with a little snow on it for a landing. As he approached the field he said it was a hill and landed next to it. An on-scene investigation revealed no mechanical or fuel anomalies that would cause the engine to stop running. The nose gear crushed the bottom of the firewall when it was bent aft during the landing. Ice crystals were found in the carburetor venturi and float bowl.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to lean the mixture control after applying carburetor heat as the pilot's operating handbook states should be done. The carburetor icing conditions and the terrain were factors.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI97LA037
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 07:22 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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