- Date
- June 26, 1992, 20:15 local (Jun 27, 1992, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- So. St. Paul, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N533CGoehring Quickie
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920626021969A
- Case key
- 15247
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power due to carburetor ice. The lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing was a factor.
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 the airplane and engine seemed to operate normally during a brief local flight. He returned to the home base airport and performed a touch and go. During the initial climb the pilot noticed a decreased rate of climb and engine RPM. The pilot believed it was too late to put the airplane back down on the runway, so he tried to 'milk it around' to land. The airplane began a gradual descent into trees and a house before it came to rest on a road in a residential area. Post-accident examination revealed no evidence of pre-impact mechanical malfunction. The pilot stated he believed carburetor icing may have caused the loss of engine power. The temperature/dewpoint provided by the pilot were noted on a carburetor icing probability chart. The result indicated a probability for moderate icing at cruise power/serious icing at glide power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N533C
- Reported as
- Goehring Quickie
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 533
- Airframe hours
- 140
- Engine
- Onan B48M GAO-18, 20 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Goehring, Aldeen
- Registered owner
- Goehring, Aldeen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 6, 1991 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- D97
- Destination
- D97
- Airport
- D97 · South St. Paul-Fleming, runway 34, 4,000 × 100 ft
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 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 931 total · 6 in this make and model · 890 as pilot in command · 2.2 in the last 90 days · 2.2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STP, 5 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.