- Date
- March 27, 1988, 05:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place
- Torrance, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N26022Piper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880327008689A
- Case key
- 25817
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command to apply carburetor heat when entering carburetor icing conditions.
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 completing the pre-takeoff engine checks, which included an operational check of the carburetor heat, the pilot tookoff into weather that was conducive to carburetor icing. As the aircraft climbed the engine began running rough. The pilot said he failed to apply carburetor heat and the engine failed. The aircraft entered into a forced landing and collided with trees before impacting the ground. The temp was 60 degrees fahrenheit and the dew point was 54 degrees fahrenheit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26022
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 288690004
- Airframe hours
- 1,196
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Peninsula Aviation Company
- Registered owner
- South Bay Research Co Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 21, 1988
- Departed
- TOR · Torrance, CA
- Airport
- IOA · Torrance Muni., runway 29L, 3,000 × 75 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 200 in this make and model · 119 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAX, 9 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.