- Date
- February 24, 1990, 13:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lucerne Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N48049Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900224002769A
- Case key
- 26746
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to use carburetor heat and improper emergency procedures. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience.
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 student pilot turned the magnetos to the off position when the engine began to run rough due to carburetor ice conditions. Visual weather conditions existed at the time of the cross country flight. There was no reported mechanical problems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48049
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation Facilities, Inc.
- Departed
- BNG · Banning, CA
- Destination
- TNP · 29 Palms, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 60 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.