- Date
- July 15, 1990, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Doylestown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2089AAeronca 7BCM
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900715025709A
- Case key
- 36690
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power due to an inoperable carburetor heat control. Lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing was a factor.
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 stated that he began losing engine power while returning to the airport after a 35-40 minute pleasure flight and was unable to glide the remaining two miles for landing. He stalled the airplane into trees. The airplane dropped about 50 feet, stopping 20-25 feet above the ground in a horizontal position. The carburetor heat cable was found pulled out and the carburetor air box valve was frozen in the cold position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2089A
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7BCM 144
- Airframe hours
- 2,073
- Engine
- Continental C85-8F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward Cole
- Registered owner
- Joseph R Halpin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1989 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- 8N9 · Warrington, 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 304 total · 40 in this make and model · 304 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.