- Date
- February 4, 1990, 11:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Boring, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8898CPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900204001579A
- Case key
- 41165
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Probable cause
Carburetor icing, and the pilot's improper use of carburetor heat. Factors related to the accident were: carburetor icing conditions and the soft/uneven terrain in the emergency landing area.
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
While en route on a x-country flt, the eng suddenly lost power. The plt initiated a forced landing in a plowed field, but the acft encountered a rut & nosed over. It was removed to a facility for an inspn of the eng & preparation for a test run. The eng was started & was operd for svrl min at varying power settings with no abnormalities noted. The temp & dew point were 44 & 32 deg, respectively. According to carb icing charts, conditions were conducive for carb icing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8898C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1477
- Airframe hours
- 3,220
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald Hargraves
- Registered owner
- Hargraves, Ronald W
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PSC · Pasco, WA
- Destination
- 388 · Grants Pass, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 4 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TTD, 8 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.