- Date
- August 12, 1989, 15:52 local (19:52 UTC)
- Place
- Lima, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7825DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890812062189A
- Case key
- 14402
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to use carburetor heat during carburetor icing conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience and the 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 pilot stated that while maneuvering in the vicinity of his destination (private) airstrip, the aircraft engine ran rough briefly and then failed completely. The aircraft descended through trees during its emergency landing and came to rest in a creek. Post-accident investigation revealed no indication of pre-existing mechanical difficulty with the engine. Weather conditions in the area at the time of the accident were conducive to the development of moderate to serious carburetor ice, temp 81 degs and dewpoint 60 degs. There was no evidence that the pilot had applied carburetor heat, nor performed any other emergency/restart procedures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7825D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5471
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lusk, Larry L.
- Registered owner
- Lusk, Larry L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · September 18, 1988
- Departed
- NONE · Wausion, OH
- Destination
- NONE · Lima, OH
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 472 total · 3 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FDY, 24 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.