- Date
- October 23, 1989, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cherokee Vill, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N704SZCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891023042099A
- Case key
- 34901
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Probable cause
The pilots failure to use carburetor heat properly. Contributing to the accident were the carburetor 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
During an solo instructional cross country flight, the plt said that the engine began to lose power, then quit. An emergency landing was attempted which resulted in a collision with some trees. Post accident investigation and engine run-up revealed no mechanical malfunction or fuel shortage. Meteorological conditions at the time were conducive for carburetor icing, according to the 'icing probablility charts'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704SZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078849
- Engine
- Continental O-2OO-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hesston College
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- EWK · Newton, KS
- Destination
- ARG · Walnut Ridge, AR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 94 total · 5 in this make and model · 53 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Observed at
- JBR, 50 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.