- Date
- November 8, 1985, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hazelhurst, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8852UCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851108061289A
- Case key
- 7034
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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
During cruise flight the engine experienced a loss of power and the pilot applied carb heat. The engine operated normally with the carb heat on and when it was turned off the engine again ran rough. The pilot again turned on the carb heat and the engine ran normally. After completing the above sequence serveral times the pilot elected to fly with the carb heat off and the acft lost total power. An emergency landing was attempted in a field during which the plt collided with trees on the FAR end of the field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8852U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17252765
- Airframe hours
- 1,480
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harry L Barnes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 26, 1984
- Departed
- 9M6 · Oak Grove, LA
- Destination
- 1R7 · Brookhaven, MS
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 188 total · 21 in this make and model · 145 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.