- Date
- August 28, 1991, 18:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- Jamestown, RI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N44JSWaco YMF-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910828037219A
- Case key
- 36995
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of carburetor heat, resulting in carburetor ice formation and subsequent loss of engine power and a forced landing in trees.
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 said, 'I set up...a glide. The engine was running rough...when the engine started running with power again, I was too low.' The pilot did not use the carburetor heat control. The temperature was 82 deg., and the dew point was 71 deg. These conditions are favorable to the formation of carburetor icing, according to the FAA chart icing probability chart.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44JS
- Reported as
- Waco YMF-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 00016
- Engine
- Jacobs 755, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeffrey Starr
- Registered owner
- Jeffrey Starr
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- OQU · N. Kingston, RI
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 838 total · 335 in this make and model · 774 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 215° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.