- Date
- July 1, 1988, 12:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Spring Creek, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1534VCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880701024859A
- Case key
- 7783
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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 plt reported that the engine began to run rough & lose power as the airplane climbed through 9,000 ft MSL. She then switched fuel tanks and moved the mixture to full rich, but the engine continued to lose power. Carb heat was not used at any time. A forced ldg was subsequently made in a field where the airplane collided with a utility pole and a ditch. Post-crash exam of the engine revealed no evidence of preexisting mechanical failure or malfunction. Examination of an icing probability chart revealed that the reported wx conditions in the area were favorable for the formation of moderate carburetor icing at cruise power. The Cessna 172M owner's manual notes that a gradual loss in RPM and eventual engine roughness may result from the formation of carb ice, and prescribes the use of carb heat to clear the ice.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1534V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263650
- Airframe hours
- 1,903
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cornerstone Aviation
- Registered owner
- Bob Jones University
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 26, 1988 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- GMU · Greenville, SC
- Destination
- BWG · Bowling Green, KY
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 106 total · 58 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 27,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AVL, 28 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.