- Date
- March 11, 1989, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sanford, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N13188Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890311038379A
- Case key
- 7998
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Probable cause
Carburetor ice due to the failure of the pilot to properly use the carburetor heat control during descent and flight in the traffic patterns at reduced power. Underlying this is inadequate training in the proper understanding of carburetor icing and the proper methodology of dealing with this phenomenon.
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 private pilot had obtained his pilot certificate about six weeks prior to the accident. He had logged about 53 pilot hours at the time of the accident. He had about 4 hours in the C-172 and had just checked out in it. The plt had taken his brother and a friend for a ride in the local area for about an hour. Upon returning to the field, he made a traffic pattern and during the turn from down wind to base tried to add power to correct for low altitude. The engine did not respond. He landed in a plowed garden and the airplane nosed over. Subsequently, the engine was inspected and a run performed. It operated satisfactorily. Atmospheric conditions were favorable for the formation of carburetor ice. The carburetor heat control was found in the cold position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13188
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-62557
- Airframe hours
- 3,335
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Central Carolina Aviation,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 10, 1989 · 35 hours before
- Airport
- W77 · Sanford Lee County, runway 21, 4,300 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 53 total · 4 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAY, 15 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.
Other investigations on N13188 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.