- Date
- January 16, 1989, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Big Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6414KCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890116000599A
- Case key
- 5160
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to follow procedures during the simulated forced landing. Contributing to the accident were the extreme temperatures.
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 pilot was simulating a forced landing to a frozen lake when a loss of power was experienced. The acft crashed into a wooded area during the apch. The outside air temperature was 15 deg below zero. The student plt stated that the engine should have been kept at a higher RPM during the simulated forced landing to prevent carb ice.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6414K
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077690
- Airframe hours
- 6,564
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Ardaiz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 11, 1988 · 81 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 96 total · 51 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 7 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6414K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.