# Incident 19960331011009I: Aronca 15AC, Los Angeles, CA, March 31, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1996, 14:15 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Whiteman Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2593° N, 118.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITEMAN (WHP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2593&lon=-118.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1182H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1182H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 15AC (registry code 0191202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-15ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ARONCA 15AC
- Reported engine: CONT C1452H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960331011009I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE POWER ON APPROACH TO WHP AND LANDED ON WESTBOUND LANES OF HWY. 118. CARBURETOR ICING DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 118 W FREEWAY AND LANDED SAFELY MINUTES LATER AT WHP. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION BY VAN NUYS FSDO DETERMINED AIRCRAFT WAS UNAIRWORTHY. NO MDR FILED. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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