Cessna 172D N2483Y

Summary

On 18 September 2010 at about 16:15 local time, a Cessna 172D registered N2483Y was involved in an accident near Palm Beach, Florida, 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

18 September 2010 at 16:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Coordinates

26.7203, -80.0339

Aircraft

Cessna 172D

Registration

N2483Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lantana → Boca Raton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA10LA494

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to use carburetor heat which led to a loss of engine power due to carburetor icing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While flying at an altitude of 1,200 feet, about 3/4-mile offshore, the pilot reported that the airplane's engine started to "sputter" before losing power. He verified the fuel selector and mixture settings and reported that the engine did not respond to his throttle control inputs. He could not recall if he had applied carburetor heat. He subsequently executed a forced landing to an unpopulated area of the beach, during which the airplane sustained substantial damage. A postaccident test run of the engine revealed no evidence of any mechanical anomalies. According to the Federal Aviation Administration icing probability chart, the airplane was operating in conditions conducive to serious carburetor icing at glide power at the time of the accident. Without carburetor heat carburetor ice can form resulting in loss of power and possible engine roughness.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.