- Date
- December 6, 1992, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oshtemo, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7058FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921206049469A
- Case key
- 15636
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Improper use of carburetor heat by the pilot-in-command.
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 en route back to the airstrip after a local flight a loss of engine power was experienced. The pilot stated he applied carburetor heat and engine power was regained. After removing carburetor heat, the engine RPM again decreased. After this occurred two more times, the pilot chose a field in which to make an emergency landing. The terrain was rough and during the landing roll, the right wing contacted the ground, and the nose gear collapsed. Icing probability charts indicate that the existing temperature/dewpoint of 25 degrees and 16 degrees respectively was conducive to the formation of light carburetor icing at glide and cruise power settings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7058F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-63658
- Airframe hours
- 2,226
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert E. Prough
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Prough
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 27, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- MI83 · Kalamazoo, MI
- Destination
- MI83
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 698 total · 645 in this make and model · 636 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AZO, 10 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.