- Date
- February 17, 1982, 13:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Henderson, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N53769Bellanca 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820217004519A
- Case key
- 71010
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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
After reducing power to idle, gliding for some distance, and then applying carburetor heat he realized that additional power would be needed to reach the runway. Power was added with no results and the aircraft was set down in a rough field approximately 1/4 mile short of the airfield. The pilot stated that he thought that the engine developed carburetor ice before he applied carburetor heat. Other pilots flying in the general area stated that they had been experiencing carburetor icing during the day of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53769
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 111375
- Airframe hours
- 349
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Mayo Ott
- Registered owner
- William Mayo Ott
- Departed
- F12 · Kilgore, TX
- Destination
- 4TX6 · Henderson, TX
- Airport
- Rusk County Airport, runway 16, 3,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,354 total · 100 in this make and model · 1,286 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 113 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.