- Date
- March 17, 1991, 13:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- Phillipsburg, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4510APiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910317005589A
- Case key
- 36891
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Probable cause
Carburetor ice and the pilot's improper use of carburetor heat. Factors related to the accident were: the carburetor icing (weather) conditions and the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.
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 takeoff, the airplane had reached about 125 ft above the runway, when the engine started to lose power. The pilot said, '. . . The engine started to lose r.p.m. . . . It dropped to . . . 1500 r.p.m.'s . . . I established a glide while applying carburetor heat . . . The airplane then started sinking faster . . . I then applied flaps, closed the throttle, did a full stall, landing into the tops of the trees.' The pilot also said, 'carb icing conditions present, melting snow on ground, 45 degree f.' a post-accident engine run-up was made, but no discrepancy was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4510A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3815
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James R. Garvey
- Registered owner
- James R. Garvey
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 1P54 · Osceola, 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 694 total · 644 in this make and model · 694 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.