- Date
- July 3, 1991, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Carlos, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N50637Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910703025879A
- Case key
- 15112
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to use adequate carburetor heat. Factors to the accident were the carburetor icing conditions and the wires.
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 said that while flying in and out of clouds during an IFR approach, the engine sputtered and quit. An emergency landing was attempted on a rural road which resulted in a collision with power lines and the terrain. Post accident investigation and engine run up failed to reveal the cause of the engine failure. Conditions were conducive for carburetor icing at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50637
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069452
- Airframe hours
- 5,155
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Young & Young Assoc, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 4, 1990 · 98 hours before
- Departed
- RST · Rochester, MN
- Destination
- AXN · Alexandra, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 279 total · 260 in this make and model · 266 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 14 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Observed at
- AXN, 12 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.