Cessna TR182 N736LT

Summary

On 26 September 1995 at about 15:45 local time, a Cessna TR182 registered N736LT was involved in an accident near Richfield, Idaho, 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.

Date

26 September 1995 at 15:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Richfield, Idaho, United States

Coordinates

43.0698, -114.1692

Aircraft

Cessna TR182

Registration

N736LT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hailey → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA95LA225

Nobody was injured.

The instructor's failure to use carburetor heat during a simulated engine-out descent. Carburetor icing conditions was a factor.

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

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The CFI stated that he pulled the mixture control to idle cut-off to simulate an engine failure. He then closed the throttle and moved the mixture control to full rich, but could not remember using carburetor heat in the descent. According to the student, the airplane descended for 3 to 4 minutes during the simulated emergency. The instructor then attempted to terminate the situation between 100-500 feet agl. The instructor stated that when he attempted to terminate the situation the engine did not respond to power. The airplane then impacted a canal bank and nosed over into the canal. Temperature and dew point values reported both by the pilot and the weather observation facility at Hailey, approximately 28 miles north-northwest, indicated a potential for serious carburetor icing during descent at the time of the accident according to a carburetor ice hazard chart.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.