- Date
- August 28, 1991, 19:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Jenison, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2389LBeech B23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910828037239A
- Case key
- 15169
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to perform remedial action during fuel system carburetor icing.
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 accident airplane collided with terrain shortly after takeoff. According to the pilot the airplane experienced a momentary loss of power twice before it stopped completely. Conditions were favorable for the formation of carburetor ice. No defects were discovered during a post-accident inspection of the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2389L
- Reported as
- Beech B23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-234
- Airframe hours
- 2,750
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael G. Schimdt
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1991 · 1 hours before
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 388 total · 280 in this make and model · 332 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Observed at
- GRR, 13 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.