- Date
- December 20, 1990, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Deland, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N25945Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901220055189A
- Case key
- 32807
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Probable cause
Failure of the instructor pilot to utilize carburetor heat in icing conditions.
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 CFI pulled the throttle to idle simulating an engine failure. The student applied the emergency procedures & after applying the throttle to abort the maneuver, the end did not respond. Attempts to restore power were unsuccessful. During the forced landing, the aft collided with a fence & nosed over. According to the chief plt of the flt school, the eng started & operated normally at the accident site. Conditions were favorable for serious induction icing at glide power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25945
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280873
- Airframe hours
- 5,131
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Comair Aviation Academy
- Registered owner
- Gulf Leasing, Inc.
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 5, 1990 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- SFB · Sanford, 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
- 19
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 370 total · 150 in this make and model · 284 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- SFB, 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.
Other investigations on N25945 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.