- Date
- June 25, 1991, 16:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Hutto, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N93097Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910625023899A
- Case key
- 23354
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Probable cause
The engine failure due to carburetor ice. Factors were the instructor's improper use of carburetor heat and the fouled spark plugs.
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
Following a simulated forced landing, the student pilot simultaneously applied power and retracted the flaps. As a climb attitude was initiated, the engine coughed and then quit. The instructor then executed a forced landing to an open field. During the landing roll, the nose gear dug into soft terrain and the airplane nosed over. Examination of the engine revealed that it had three fouled spark plugs. Weather conditions were conducive to the formation of carburetor icing at cruise and glide power settings. In his statement, the instructor did not mention whether he or the student had applied carburetor heat during the simulated forced landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93097
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Center II
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3R3 · Austin, TX
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,030 total · 350 in this make and model · 900 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 73 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.