- Date
- March 22, 1992, 13:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Baytown, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N35RJCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920322006989A
- Case key
- 18464
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of carburetor heat during the approach in carburetor icing conditions and his improper flare during the emergency landing.
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 pilot stated that the engine began 'sputtering' while he was on final approach and then quit about 10 seconds later. Realizing that he would not be able to make the road that he had chosen for the forced landing, the pilot elected to land in an open field. The airplane touched down hard in a three point attitude, bounced once, and then impacted the ground in a nose down attitude. Inspection of the engine revealed no evidence of mechanical failure or malfunction. The icing probability charts indicated that the threat of serious carburetor icing was present for the temperature and humidity conditions that existed at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35RJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062932
- Airframe hours
- 2,926
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bay Area Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bay Area Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 1, 1991 · 19 hours before
- Airport
- 54TX · Rwj Arpk, runway 26, 5,100 × 60 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 42 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EFD, 15 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.