- Date
- November 25, 1988, 11:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Erwinna, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8572VBellanca 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881125052279A
- Case key
- 36342
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Probable cause
Off airport landing in unsuitable terrain due to a power loss caused by carburetor icing.
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 pilot was practicing a forced landing and when power was applied for a go-around there was no response. The CFI took control of the aircraft from the private pilot under instruction and guided the aircraft to a forced landing in a tree line. Post crash examination of the aircraft disclosed the carburetor and carburetor heat box were covered with water droplets and water was on the lower cowling.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8572V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1073-75
- Airframe hours
- 1,687
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- County Aviation
- Registered owner
- Robert R Powell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 30, 1988 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- 9N1 · Erwinna, PA
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
- 50
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,755 total · 145 in this make and model · 250 in the last 90 days · 78 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 37 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.