- Date
- August 27, 1991, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Camden, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4400UCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910827036809A
- Case key
- 15168
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Probable cause
Partial power loss due to improper use of the carburetor heat control by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were inadequate visual lookout by the pilot and presence of static power lines.
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 private pilot said that after descending about 2000 feet, the engine failed to develop full power. He elected to attempt a precautionary landing on a rural road. The aircraft collided with power lines, then the terrain. Meteorological conditions were conducive for the formation of carburetor ice.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4400U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15060400
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Frederick D. Taner
- Departed
- FWA · Fort Wayne, IN
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--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 214 total · 214 in this make and model · 195 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Observed at
- JXN, 35 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.