- Date
- January 29, 1988, 18:30 local (Jan 30, 1988, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tomball, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6614HCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880129001669A
- Case key
- 22610
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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 airplane was descending toward the airport when the engine lost power. Application of carburetor heat restored power until next descent. Second descent was started with full carburetor heat applied and power was lost again and could not be restored. Pilot made off-airport, night, forced landing, hit trees and then the ground. No mechanical problems found. There was fuel in tanks at time of power loss. Weather conditions were conducive to severe carburetor icing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6614H
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284183
- Airframe hours
- 1,565
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Merri Worth Aviation
- Registered owner
- Lewis L Rich
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- 7F5 · Canton, TX
- Destination
- DWH
- Airport
- DWH · David Wayne Hooks Memor., runway 17R, 7,000 × 100 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,447 total · 295 in this make and model · 1,159 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 55 °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.
Other investigations on N6614H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.