- Date
- April 7, 1991, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Carrabassett Vy, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N312OUCessna 182F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 36907
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Probable cause
Improper use of the carburetor heat by the pilot which resulted in a power loss due to carburetor ice over unsuitable terrain.
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 took off, and as he leveled off at 3000 feet, he experienced a partial power loss. Use of carburetor heat caused more of a power loss. The pilot said there was insufficient altitude to melt the ice. An off airport landing was made in a wooded area. After the accident, the airplane engine was test run with 'no apparent defects.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N312OU
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254520
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William L. Mckenney
- Registered owner
- William L. Mckenney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- 3B4 · Eliot, ME
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,100 total · 600 in this make and model · 2,654 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F