- Date
- December 29, 1983, 11:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Hospers, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7229TCessna 172A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831229064969A
- Case key
- 33609
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt said he was on a power line patrol flt & was flying aprx 60 to 80 ft AGL. Reportedly, he applied carburetor heat for about 1 min. When the carburetor heat was turned off, the eng quit. The plt reapplied the heat & the eng restarted for a moment & then quit again. During a forced landing on snow covered terrain, the acft nosed over. An exam of the acft & eng revealed no evidence of a preimpact failure or deficiency. The temp & dew point were -4 & -17 deg, respectively. According to icing probability curves, carburetor icing would not be probable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7229T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46829
- Airframe hours
- 3,065
- Engine
- Continental O-300-C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Elmer O. Muecke
- Registered owner
- Elmer Den Hartog
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1983 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- LJR · Le Mars, IA
- Destination
- SHL · Sheldon, IA
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
- 54
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,058 total · 345 in this make and model · 15,725 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -4 °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.