- Date
- January 2, 1990, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Millis, MA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9241UCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900102000039A
- Case key
- 36593
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of carburetor heat which caused a power loss and a forced landing in unsuitable terrain. Factors related to the accident were carburetor icing conditions and the pilots lack of total experience.
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 student pilot experienced a power loss on takeoff at 500 feet and made a forced landing in a gravel pit. The engine was test run satisfactorily after the accident. The closest recorded weather was 25 miles away and had a temperature of 28 degrees f and a dewpoint of 16 degrees f. however the FAA reported the dewpoint was not representative of the airport which is typically more humid due to the close proximity of ponds and streams.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9241U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078191
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation East
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MA07 · Norfolk, MA
- Destination
- AFN · Jaffery, NH
- Airport
- MA07 · Norfolk
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 63 total · 63 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Observed at
- ORH, 25 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.