Aviation Crash Map

Cessna 152 N36944

22 October 1990 · West Nyack, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 October 1990 at about 20:28 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N36944, operated by MAC DAN Aviation Corp., was involved in an accident near West Nyack, New York, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 20:28
Classification
Accident
Location
West Nyack, New York, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N36944
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
MAC DAN Aviation Corp.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Aerial Observation
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Teterboro → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC91LA016

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

THE IMPROPER USE OF CARBURETOR HEAT CONTROL, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND SUBSEQUENT EMERGENCY FORCED LANDING AND COLLISION WITH A FENCE. A FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS WEATHER CONDITIONS SUITABLE TO FORMATION OF CARBURETOR ICING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRPLANE WAS REPORTING SURFACE VEHICLE TRAFFIC, WHEN ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, 'ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH...DECLARED AN EMERGENCY...LANDED IN AN ABANDONED DRIVE IN...HIT A CYCLONE FENCE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE'. THE LOCAL WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT REPORTED A TEMPERATURE OF 64 DEGREES F AND A DEW POINT OF 60 DEGREES F. WHEN THESE FIGURES ARE PLOTTED ON A GRAPH WHICH DEPICTS THE PROBABILITY OF ENCOUNTERING CARBURETOR ICING, IT SHOWS A PROBABILITY OF 'SERIOUS ICING AT CRUISE POWER'.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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