Accident Cessna 180L N4110, Saturday 21 September 1991

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Date:	Saturday 21 September 1991
Time:	15:30 LT
Type:	Cessna 180L
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N4110
MSN:	50667
Year of manufacture:	1959
Total airframe hrs:	2143 hours
Engine model:	Continental O-470-L
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Vestal, NY - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Honesdale, PA (N30)
Destination airport:	Endicott, NY (N17)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PILOT WAS CRUISING AT 3500 FEET WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS. DURING A FORCED LANDING, HE STRUCK A DITCH AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER. THE ENGINE WAS RUN SATISFACTORILY AFTER THE ACCIDENT. EXAMINATION OF A CARBURETOR ICING PROBABILITY CHART REVEALED THE PILOT WAS OPERATING IN CONDITIONS OF MODERATE ICING PROBABILITY WITH CRUISE POWER.

Probable Cause: IMPROPER USE OF CARBURETOR HEAT BY THE PILOT WHICH RESULTED IN A POWER LOSS DUE TO CARBURETOR ICE OVER UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.

Accident investigation: