ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 375593
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Date: | Saturday 15 February 1986 |
Time: | 10:53 LT |
Type: | Cessna 152 |
Owner/operator: | World Air, Inc. |
Registration: | N772WA |
MSN: | 15280640 |
Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5104 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Ft. Pierce, FL -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Miami, FL (KTMB) |
Destination airport: | Vero Beach, FL (KVRB) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE FLT WAS CRUISING AT 2000 FT WITH THE MIXTURE LEANED FOR CRUISE. A DESCENT TO 1000 FT WAS MADE BY REDUCING POWER. SHORTLY AFTER LEVELING OFF, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND MAX RPM AVAILABLE WAS 1700. THE PLT SAID HE PUMPED THE THROTTLE SEVERAL TIMES BUT DID NOT SELECT CARBURETOR HEAT & HE DOES NOT RECALL WHETHER HE HAD REPOSITIONED THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO A RICHER SETTING PRIOR TO HIS DECISION TO EXECUTE A FORCED LANDING. A DIRT ROAD WAS SELECTED & DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE, A X-WIND BLEW THE ACFT FROM THE ROAD INTO THE TREES. A POST ACCIDENT EXAM OF THE ENGINE & RELATED SYST REVEALED NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST ANY FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA86LA077 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MIA86LA077
Revision history:
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