- Date
- June 17, 1988, 20:00 local (Jun 18, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5810ECessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880617023299A
- Case key
- 13846
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing.
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
After a one hour x-country flt, the plt noticed the cylinder head temperature dropping as he neared his destination. The plt made a descent and reported a three mile final to land. The eng quit when the plt put the mixture control to rich. He attempted to restart the eng to no avail and a forced landing was made in a dried up swamp where the acft nosed over. Carburetor ice probability charts show that conditions were favorable to the formation of moderate carb ice during cruise and serious carb ice during glide. Temp was 76 degs/ dewpoint was 51 degs. The eng operated normally during post accident inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5810E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17310
- Airframe hours
- 4,043
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark Arnold Brusseau
- Registered owner
- Ralph Borysiak
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 20, 1987 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- SBN · South Bend, IN
- Destination
- JXN · Jackson, MI
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 485 total · 200 in this make and model · 300 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JXN, 3 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.