- Date
- August 13, 1992, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nantucket, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N67052Beech 76
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920813031259A
- Case key
- 37220
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to use carburetor heat, resulting in carburetor ice and loss of engine power and subsequent forced landing in the ocean.
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 2500 feet, when the left engine quit, followed shortly by the right engine. He made a quick, unsuccessful attempt to restart the engines and then concentrated on executing a forced landing in the ocean. The airplane was recovered, and after replacing the salt water damaged magnetos and fuel pump, the left engine was run from idle to full power using fuel that was in the tank. The pilot said that he did not use carburetor heat during the flight. The temperature/dew point was 66/59 degrees f. the FAA chart for carburetor icing probability showns a moderate chance of icing at cruise power for this temperature/dew point combination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67052
- Reported as
- Beech 76
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- ME-296
- Airframe hours
- 2,020
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A16G6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John F. Mannix
- Registered owner
- Wardie Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 24, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- ACK · Nantucket, MA
- Destination
- HYN · Hyannis, MA
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,261 total · 1,474 in this make and model · 2,211 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 13.5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 59 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.