- Date
- August 2, 1989, 19:00 local (Aug 3, 1989, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kankakee, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N67342Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890802026209A
- Case key
- 14393
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Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to use carburetor heat, which resulted in loss of engine power, due to carburetor ice. A factor related to the accident was: carburetor icing conditions.
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 plt rprtd that about 30 min after takeoff, the eng began running rough, then lost power before he could get back to the arpt. During a subsequent emergency landing, the acft was damaged. After the acdnt, the eng ran normally during an opnl check. Another plt in the area had enctrd carburetor icing, which was remedied with use of carburetor heat. Rprtdly, the student plt of the acdnt acft did not use carburetor heat.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67342
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281769
- Airframe hours
- 3,955
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rusk Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 4, 1989 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- IKK · Kankakee, IL
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
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 40 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.