ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 369184
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| Date: | Saturday 18 February 1989 |
| Time: | 18:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8032A |
| MSN: | 20884 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1370 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-300 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cleveland, TN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Jacksboro, TN (KJAU) |
| Rome, GA (KRMG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PLT RPRTD HE OBTAINED A WX BRIEFING BEFORE HIS INITIAL FLT. EN ROUTE, HE LANDED TO CHECK THE WX AGAIN. AFTER THE 2ND TAKEOFF, WX WAS OBTAINED IN FLT FROM THE ATIS AT KNOXVILLE, TN. THE ATIS RPTD 900 FEET OVC, 8 MI VIS, & SEVERE ICINGIN THE LOCAL AREA. EARLIER IN THE FLT, THE PLT HAD USED CARB HEAT DUE TO THE WX CONDS. WITH THE CARB HEAT APPLIED, THE ACFT ENTERED A SNOW SHOWER & LOSS OF RPM ENSUED. ALSO, AIRFRAME ICING WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE PLT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO A NEARBY ARPT; HOWEVER, THE RPM COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED & A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD. DRG THE LANDING, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED SOFT TERRAIN & NOSED OVER.
Probable Cause: FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER BY THE PILOT AND HIS DELAY IN DIVERTING TO AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT WHICH LED TO A PARTIAL POWER LOSS AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SOFT TERRAIN WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL89LA091
History of this aircraft
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| 19 May 2012 | N170ED | Private | 0 | Between Winterville and Ayden, Pitt County, NC | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 24-Mar-2024 11:44 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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