ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 60809
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 May 2009 |
| Time: | 20:50 |
| Type: |  Cessna 150L |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N17214 |
| MSN: | 15073667 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6995 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental 0-200 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Port Allen, 4 miles from Baton Rouge, Louisiana -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Baton Rouge, LA (BTR) |
| New Roads, LA (HZR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot and certified flight instructor (CFI) were conducting a night, cross country flight. Weather conditions were conducive to carburetor icing at both cruise and descent power settings. When the airplane was about 7 miles from their first destination, the engine's performance began to decay. The CFI ignored the student pilot's suggestion to turn on the carburetor heat and elected to turn around and fly approximately 16 miles back to their departure airfield. The engine performance continued to decay, forcing the CFI to land in a field about four miles from the airport. During landing, the airplane flipped over on its back, resulting in substantial damage.
Probable Cause: The partial loss of engine power due to the instructor pilot's failure to use carburetor heat while operating in conditions conducive to carburetor icing. Contributing to the accident was the instructor pilot's decision to attempt a return to the departure airport with degraded engine performance.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: 2. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=17214
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-May-2009 08:40 | slowkid | Added |
| 21-Apr-2010 03:39 | Miller2555 | Updated [Source, Plane category, ] |
| 02-Apr-2012 10:35 | Masen63 | Updated [Time, Source, Plane category, ] |
| 04-Mar-2015 23:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 02-Dec-2017 14:56 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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