- Date
- February 21, 1983, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- North Pole, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8541JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830221004699A
- Case key
- 4099
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student & instructor plt (CFI) were on an instructional flt on a cold winter day (temp -10 deg f). The CFI stated that while practicing turns at 3000 ft MSL, he closed the throttle to give the student a forced landing excercise. He stated that carburetor heat was applied after closing the throttle, but made no mention of clearing the eng during the descent. At aprx 150 to 200 ft AGL, he told the student to execute a go-around. Instead of adding power, the student extended the flaps. At that time, the CFI took the controls & opened the throttle but the eng coughed once, then stopped operating. Subsequently, a forced landing was made in aprx 3 ft of snow & the acft nosed over. No preimpact, mechanical part failures were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8541J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066441
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald K. Sparks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1982 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,960 total · 950 in this make and model · 1,700 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 10 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.