- Date
- November 7, 1990, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Healy, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5468CCessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19901107049269A
- Case key
- 5510
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons and the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.
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 pilot stated that he experienced a loss of RPM and a rough running engine while in cruise. He thought it was caused by carburetor icing, but applicaton of carburetor heat failed to correct the problem. After the engine lost all power he attempted to land on a road, but due to the strong wings, crashed on the frozen tundra. No problems considered causal to the power loss were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5468C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19502
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bruce A. Rasmussen
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 650 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 30 knots
- Visibility
- 3 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.
Other investigations on N5468C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.