- Date
- February 3, 1990, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pahokee, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6812XCessna 172A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900203001559A
- Case key
- 32624
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Loss of engine power for am undetermined reason.
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 plt stated that before departing on a cross-country flt, 23.3 gal of fuel was added. He tested each tank & the gasolator for contamination before departure; none was found. During cruise flt, the eng lost power. The plt attempted a restart, but was unsuccessful. During an emergency landing, the acft nosed over. The fuel system was checked for contaminants & none were found. The eng operated normally during a post-acdnt eng run. According to icing probability charts, conditions were favorable for induction system icing at rated power with a float type carburetor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6812X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47712
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Haerer, James W.
- Departed
- X14 · La Belle, FL
- Destination
- X58 · Indiantown, FL
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
- 58
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 18,117 total · 100 in this make and model · 9,212 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- PBI, 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.
Other investigations on N6812X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.