- Date
- January 14, 1989, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clarion, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22997Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890114000499A
- Case key
- 34745
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to properly use the carburetor heat during icing conditions resulting in carburetor ice formation and subsequent loss of engine power.
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
During a personal cross country flight, the pilot said the engine lost power. An emergency landing was attempted on a rural gravel road, and during the roll-out, a road sign was struck causing substantial damage to the acft. Subsequent investigation revealed no mechanical malfunction, lack of fuel, or fuel contamination. Meteorological conditions were favorable for carburetor icing according to the 'icing probability charts.' Temperature was 36 degs f and dewpoint was 25 degs f.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22997
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068669
- Airframe hours
- 4,274
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richert, Jr. Gerald A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 29, 1988 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- ANE · Blaine, MN
- Destination
- EBS · Webster City, IA
- Airport
- CAV
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 126 total · 126 in this make and model · 91 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 21 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCW, 20 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 N22997 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.