ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367802
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| Date: | Monday 23 October 1989 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150 |
| Owner/operator: | Hesston College |
| Registration: | N704SZ |
| MSN: | 15078849 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-2OO-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cherokee Vill, AR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Newton, KS (KEWK) |
| Walnut Ridge, AR (ARG | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING AN SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE PLT SAID THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER, THEN QUIT. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH SOME TREES. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND ENGINE RUN-UP REVEALED NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FUEL SHORTAGE. METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AT THE TIME WERE CONDUCIVE FOR CARBURETOR ICING, ACCORDING TO THE 'ICING PROBABLILITY CHARTS'.
Probable Cause: THE PILOTS FAILURE TO USE CARBURETOR HEAT PROPERLY. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE CARBURETOR ICING CONDITIONS.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MKC90LA015
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 18:59 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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