- Date
- November 8, 1991, 12:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Kiowa, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5732GCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911108050079A
- Case key
- 15270
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to properly utilize the carburetor heat to avoid loss of engine power due to carburetor icing. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot-in-command's inattention and the encounter of unsuitable terrain during an off-airport forced landing.
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
While in normal cruise flight, a loss of engine power (total), was experienced. Conditions favorable for carburetor icing existed, with a temperature of 32 degrees (f), and a dew point of 18 degrees (f). A forced landing was conducted in a soft field and on rollout the airplane nosed over. The pilot and passenger received minor injuries during the accident sequence. After departing the airplane, the pilot collapsed and died. An autopsy indicated his death was due to a heart attack. An inspection of the aircraft found nothing of a mechanical nature which would have affected the operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5732G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071232
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mcdougal, James R
- Registered owner
- Mcdougal, James R
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- CDW · Caldwell, KS
- Destination
- WWR · Woodward, OK
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT, 75 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.