- Date
- August 19, 1992, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Put-In-Bay, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N18176Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920819032119A
- Case key
- 37212
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of carburetor heat, resulting in 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 aborted his approach for landing and during the go around the engine lost power and the pilot made a forced landing in trees. Examination of the engine revealed no discrepancies. The pilot told investigators that he did not use carburetor heat because he had not reduced the throttle enough. A chart showing the favorable conditions for carburetor icing showed for a temperature of 73 degrees f and a dew point of 51 degrees f, '...serious icing-glide power...'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18176
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073845
- Airframe hours
- 7,242
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David J. Black
- Registered owner
- David J. Black
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 23, 1992 · 138 hours before
- Departed
- D92 · Monroe, MI
- Destination
- OH30
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOL, 50 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.
Other investigations on N18176 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.