- Date
- April 9, 1989, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Taft, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4602LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890409006859A
- Case key
- 26375
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Probable cause
The pilots improper use of carburetor heat in weather conditions which were conducive to the formation of carburetor ice.
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
During cruise flight, the engine lost power. The pilot initiated a forced landing on a dry lake bed. During the landing roll, the airplane nosed over. The engine was inspected with no mechanical or malfunctions noted. The engine was also started and was found to operate normally. Surface temp was reported as 77 degs and dewpoint was 53 degs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4602L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284191
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation Training
- Registered owner
- Aviation Training Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HWD · Hayward, CA
- Destination
- MYF · San Diego, CA
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 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 231 total · 171 in this make and model · 126 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 47 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBP, 43 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.
Other investigations on N4602L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.