- Date
- November 9, 1990, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Zanesville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N757FWCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901109055689A
- Case key
- 36853
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Probable cause
Improper use of carburetor heat by the pilot, which resulted in a loss of power due to carburetor ice. Factors related to the accident were: carburetor icing (weather) conditions and soft terrain in the emergency landing area.
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 cruising on an IFR flight plan in and out of the clouds at 6000 ft with an OAT of 2 to 3 deg c. the engine started surging and then lost power. The controller attempted to radar vector the flight to an airport; however, the pilot was forced to make an off airport landing in a plowed field. The airplane flipped over due to the soft landing surface. No evidence of a pre-existing failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757FW
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279714
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- State Aerial Farm Statistics
- Departed
- EWR · Newark, NJ
- Destination
- CMH · Port Columbus, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,891 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 1,848 as pilot in command · 429 in the last 90 days · 125 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- ZZV
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 N757FW · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.