Cessna 170B N2464D

Summary

On 9 December 1986 at about 17:15 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N2464D was involved in an accident near Madison, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 December 1986 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Madison, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

33.5693, -83.4705

Aircraft

Cessna 170B

Registration

N2464D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Madison → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL87FA039

1 person died.

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

ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE CRASH, ONE WITNESS DID OBSERVE THE ACFT TAXIING AT A VERY SLOW SPEED TOWARD THE DEPT END OF THE RWY. ABT 30 MINS LATER THE WRECKAGE WAS FD IN A FLD EAST OF THE AIRSTRIP. EXAM INDICATED IT COLLIDED W THE GD IN A NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE SIMILAR TO AN ACFT THAT HAD STALLED AFT TKOF. THE #5 EXH VALVE WAS FOUND SEIZED IN THE OPEN POSITION. CONDITIONS WERE CONDUCIVE TO CARB ICE AND THE PLT HANDBOOK CAUTIONS AGAINST CARB ICE FORMING ON THE GD AT IDLE SPEEDS. IN ADDITION, RCDS INDICATED THE ACT WAS AUTHRZD USE OF AUTO FUEL AND AN FAA AC INDICATED CARB ICE FORMS IN LESS TIME AND AT HIGHER TEMPS THAN AV GAS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.