- Date
- April 13, 1991, 17:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Whiteville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7919FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910413010259A
- Case key
- 8394
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Probable cause
Carburetor ice due to the pilot's failure to use carburetor heat.
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 planned to fly over his grandmother's farm. He had made about three circles around her house when the engine began 'sputtering.' He adjusted the throttle and the engine quit. The airplane struck trees during a forced landing. An examination of the airplane after the flight revealed that the carburetor heat knob was in the off position. An engine run revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunction or failure. The temperature/dew point spread at the time was 70/55 deg, which represents conditions favorable for carburetor icing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7919F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15064019
- Airframe hours
- 4,100
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Blackwell, Robert J.
- Registered owner
- Blackwell, Robert J.
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 12, 1990 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- CPC · Whiteville, NC
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
- 16
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 42 total · 38 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ILM, 39 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.