- Date
- December 22, 1991, 21:42 local (Dec 23, 1991, 02:42 UTC)
- Place
- Hanging Rock, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N58445Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911222057139A
- Case key
- 37047
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of carburetor heat, which resulted in the formation of carburetor ice and a loss of engine power and subsequent 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 attempted an approach, but he was unable to see the runway and executed a missed approach. While on a downwind and preparing for another approach, the airplane crashed in trees. A witness heard the engine 'sputter' before impact. Examination of the airplane and a teardown of the engine found no discrepancies. The weather was: ceiling 400 feet broken visibility 3/4 of a mile, temperature 43F, dewpoint 42F. In the FAA chart for carburetor ice, this temperature/dewpoint combination favors the formation of carburetor icing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58445
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18262068
- Airframe hours
- 2,329
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Oren W. Justice
- Registered owner
- Oren W. Justice
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 9, 1991
- Departed
- STF · Starkville, MI
- Destination
- I28 · Ashland, KY
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 668 total · 43 in this make and model · 567 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 3 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.