- Date
- November 30, 1989, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Barron, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8749DPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891130065509A
- Case key
- 14598
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Improper use of the carburetor heat by the pilot and subsequent carburetor ice. Contributing factors were: carburetor icing conditions, slick (wet/snow covered) runway, and trees/brush near the departure end of the runway.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8749D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5932
- Airframe hours
- 2,439
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sovia, John L.
- Registered owner
- Sovia, John L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 27, 1989 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Anoka, MN
- Destination
- WI15
- Airport
- WI15 · Barron, runway 27, 2,585 × 265 ft, grass/turf
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,382 total · 25 in this make and model · 27 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.