- Date
- December 2, 1990, 11:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Burns, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4005DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901202054739A
- Case key
- 41370
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Probable cause
The formation of carburetor ice when the pilot delayed the use of carburetor heat.
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 cruising between cloud layers the pilot noticed the airspeed was low and applied the carburetor heat. The engine did not change for a few minutes and then quit. The pilot was unable to get the engine to continue to run and made a forced landing which damaged the aircraft. Surface temperature at the time was reported to be 30 degrees with a dew point of 21 degrees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4005D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34705
- Airframe hours
- 4,984
- Engine
- Continental O-470L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Winnemucca Air Services
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1990
- Departed
- BNO
- Destination
- GEG · Spokane, WA
- 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,956 total · 31 in this make and model · 1,853 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 21 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.