Cessna 172M N1534V

Summary

On 1 July 1988 at about 16:50 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N1534V, operated by Cornerstone Aviation, was involved in an accident near Spring Creek, North Carolina, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 July 1988 at 16:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Spring Creek, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

35.7995, -82.8798

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N1534V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Cornerstone Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Greenville → Bowling Green

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL88LA206

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

THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH & LOSE POWER AS THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED THROUGH 9,000 FT MSL. SHE THEN SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND MOVED THE MIXTURE TO FULL RICH, BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER. CARB HEAT WAS NOT USED AT ANY TIME. A FORCED LDG WAS SUBSEQUENTLY MADE IN A FIELD WHERE THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A UTILITY POLE AND A DITCH. POST-CRASH EXAM OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PREEXISTING MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. EXAMINATION OF AN ICING PROBABILITY CHART REVEALED THAT THE REPORTED WX CONDITIONS IN THE AREA WERE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF MODERATE CARBURETOR ICING AT CRUISE POWER. THE CESSNA 172M OWNER'S MANUAL NOTES THAT A GRADUAL LOSS IN RPM AND EVENTUAL ENGINE ROUGHNESS MAY RESULT FROM THE FORMATION OF CARB ICE, AND PRESCRIBES THE USE OF CARB HEAT TO CLEAR THE ICE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.