Cessna 172F N8852U

Summary

On 8 November 1985 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna 172F registered N8852U was involved in an accident near Hazelhurst, Mississippi, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 November 1985 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Hazelhurst, Mississippi, United States

Coordinates

31.8591, -90.3896

Aircraft

Cessna 172F

Registration

N8852U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oak Grove → Brookhaven

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL86LA022

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND THE PILOT APPLIED CARB HEAT. THE ENGINE OPERATED NORMALLY WITH THE CARB HEAT ON AND WHEN IT WAS TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AGAIN RAN ROUGH. THE PILOT AGAIN TURNED ON THE CARB HEAT AND THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY. AFTER COMPLETING THE ABOVE SEQUENCE SERVERAL TIMES THE PILOT ELECTED TO FLY WITH THE CARB HEAT OFF AND THE ACFT LOST TOTAL POWER. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED IN A FIELD DURING WHICH THE PLT COLLIDED WITH TREES ON THE FAR END OF THE FIELD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.