- Date
- January 18, 1991, 14:15 local (Jan 19, 1991, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mokuleia, HI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3043DPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910118000839A
- Case key
- 27095
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Probable cause
The cfi's failure to use carburetor heat. A factor was the manufacturer's inadequate procedure.
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 touch and go landings on a student's first training flight, the engine lost power, and the airplane was ditched in the surf line. The power settings and meteorological conditions were conducive to carburetor icing. The manufacturer does not recommend the use of carburetor heat as a normal precaution during approach and landing, and the CFI did not indicate the use of carburetor heat. No mechanical malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3043D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287990174
- Airframe hours
- 287
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Cosmo Flying School Inc.
- Registered owner
- Asahi Kikaku Co. Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 4, 1991 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,340 total · 950 in this make and model · 1,250 as pilot in command · 220 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.