- Date
- August 7, 1990, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Anderas, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5313SCessna TR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900807031049A
- Case key
- 26883
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Probable cause
The accumulation of carburetor ice resulting from the failure of the student pilot to apply carburetor heat during the power off gliding descent.
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 was practicing a forced landing to an airport. During his power off descent he did not apply carburetor heat. When he attempted to increase power for the go-around, the engine faltered and the aircraft collided with rocks and trees before nosing over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5313S
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201544
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Taggert, Scott T.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- 020 · Lodi
- Destination
- O70
- Airport
- 070 · Calaveras County, runway 1, 3,400 × 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 84 total · 22 in this make and model · 22 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- SCK, 32 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.