- Date
- February 11, 1992, 14:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place
- Sacramento, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8580JCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920211002639A
- Case key
- 27556
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Probable cause
The failure of the CFI to properly use carburetor heat in conditions conducive to the formation of carburetor ice. Factors in this accident were: 1) weather conditions conducive to carburetor icing and 2) the lack of suitable terrain to complete the forced landing.
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 instructor pilot stated that he and his student had departed on a VFR cross country training flight. While enroute to their destination he initiated a simulated engine failure near an enroute uncontrolled airport. He stated the winds were variable and estimated to be about 8 knots from the northwest. The instructor said that the student was flying the airplane until he took over to align the airplane with the runway centerline. The instructor extended 30 degrees of flaps and completed the touch and go landing. He said after applying full power he pushed the carburetor heat off and retracted the flaps. At about 50/60 feet he stated that the airplane's engine lost power. The pilot entered a forced landing with partial engine power. The airplane overshot the 3240 feet long runway to the left side and during landing roll, collided with a fence. According to a standard carburetor icing probability chart, the temperature and dew point were located in the moderate icing-cruise power or serious icing-glide power area of the chart.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8580J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066480
- Airframe hours
- 4,474
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Sacramento Exec Heli Inc
- Registered owner
- Sacramento Exec Heli Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 16, 1991 · 60 hours before
- Destination
- Q53 · Walnut Grove, CA
- Airport
- Q53 · Franklin, runway 36, 3,240 × 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
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,900 total · 511 in this make and model · 1,771 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days · 63 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAC, 15 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.