- Date
- September 21, 1991, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vestal, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4110Cessna 180L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910921045309A
- Case key
- 37016
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Probable cause
Improper use of 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 was cruising at 3500 feet when he experienced a power loss. During a forced landing, he struck a ditch and the airplane flipped over. The engine was run satisfactorily after the accident. Examination of a carburetor icing probability chart revealed the pilot was operating in conditions of moderate icing probability with cruise power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4110
- Reported as
- Cessna 180L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50667
- Airframe hours
- 2,143
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph W. Talhot
- Registered owner
- Jobar Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 17, 1991 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- N30 · Honesdale, PA
- Destination
- N17 · Endicott, NY
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 35 in this make and model · 113 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 55 statute miles
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BGM, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.