- Date
- February 28, 1993, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stanley, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N704AFCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930228025709A
- Case key
- 15676
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Probable cause
The student pilot's delayed use of carburetor heat. The soft terrain in the landing area 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
Student pilot on a cross country experienced a partial loss of engine power and could not maintain altitude. The pilot made a forced landing in a snow covered field, and nosed over during landing rollout. The engine was examined by the FAA, and no conditions which would preclude normal operation were found. The pilot told the FAA inspector that she did not use the carburetor heat until just before she landed. The temperature was 38 degrees f, and the dew point was 28 degrees f. these conditions are favorable for carburetor icing in cruise flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704AF
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078453
- Airframe hours
- 8,176
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pietsch Flying Incorporated
- Registered owner
- Pietsch Flying Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 4, 1993 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- MOT · Minot, ND
- Destination
- ISN · Williston, ND
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 48 total · 35 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOT, 47 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.