- Date
- March 13, 1992, 20:08 local (Mar 14, 1992, 02:08 UTC)
- Place
- Olney, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1271CCessna 177B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920313006289A
- Case key
- 15412
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to select carburetor heat in a timely manner, and the total loss of engine power due to carburetor ice. Related factors are carburetor icing conditions, reduced visibilities in snow, low ceilings, the dark night, and soft terrain conditions.
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 airplane was in cruise flight at 4,000 feet MSL in IMC and heavy snow when the engine lost power. Restart and emergency procedures were unsuccessful, and a forced landing was made in a farm field. The airplane nosed over during the landing roll. Post-accident examination revealed no evidence of pre-impact mechanical malfunction. Weather conditions were conducive to serious induction system icing at cruise power settings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1271C
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702694
- Airframe hours
- 3,700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jet Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jet Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 30, 1991 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- BNA · Nashville, TN
- Destination
- PIA · Peoria, IL
- 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 148 total · 6 in this make and model · 112 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 150 ft
- Temperature
- 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.