- Date
- August 16, 1991, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sharon, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N19171Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910816034659A
- Case key
- 36990
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Probable cause
The improper use of carburetor heat by the pilot, which resulted in a loss of engine power and subsequent forced landing on rough terrain. A factor related to the accident was the lack of total flight experience of the student pilot.
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 was cruising at 2500 feet, when the engine began to run roughly. Carburetor heat was used and the engine continued to lose power. The student made a forced landing in a field, and the airplane nosed over when soft terrain was encountered. The surface temperature was reported as 83 degrees f, and the dew point was 60 degrees f. the FAA chart, 'conditions favoring carb ice formation,' shows the probability of 'serious icing at cruise power' with these temperatures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19171
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074211
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Skypark, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Skypark, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- I56 · Wadsworth, OH
- Destination
- YN6 · Youngstown, OH
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
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 30 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.