- Date
- March 2, 1983, 10:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Lake City, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7535BBellanca 7FC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830302005889A
- Case key
- 20823
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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
The plt reported that during level flt, the eng lost power. He tried to land in an open field, but the acft struck a tree top aprx 35 to 40 ft AGL, then crashed on the ground, right wing first. The plt suspected possible carburetor ice. The temp & den point were 58 & 53 deg, respectively. Accordingly to icing probability charts, serious carburetor icing could occur at cruise power in float type carburetors.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7535B
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7FC-39
- Airframe hours
- 3,888
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Teddy G. Qualls
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1982
- Departed
- Lake City, AR
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 157 total · 3 in this make and model · 137 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JBR, 11 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.