- Date
- July 17, 1990, 09:42 local (13:42 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeland, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N67516Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900717030779A
- Case key
- 32681
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Probable cause
The improper use of the carburetor heat control resulting in the loss of engine power due to carburetor ice.
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 flt approached from the north on the base leg to rwy 9 when the student plt stated he applied carburetor heat & mixture rich. The flt turned final & after adding power, the eng did not respond. The acft crashed into trees short of the rwy then descended to the ground. The eng was run after the accident & operated normally. The carburetor heat system was checked & operated normally. According to the general manager of the flt school who flew with the student, the student stated he was not aware that carb heat should be applied when the eng RPM is below the green arc. According to the icing probability chart, conditions were favorable for serious icing at glide power with a float type carburetor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67516
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281884
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagle Flight Center, Inc.
- Departed
- DAB · Daytona Beach, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LAL · Lakeland Regional, runway 9, 6,000 × 150 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
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 39 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- LAL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.