Cessna 150F N7854F

Summary

On 17 March 2010 at about 17:20 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N7854F was involved in an accident near Tillamook, Oregon, 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

17 March 2010 at 17:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Tillamook, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Tillamook Airport (TMK)

Coordinates

45.4247, -123.8192

Aircraft

Cessna 150F

Registration

N7854F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tillamook → Tillamook

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR10LA168

Nobody was injured.

The partial loss of engine power during climb to cruise due to carburetor icing and the pilot's delay in using carburetor heat.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that as he configured the airplane in a level attitude for cruise flight, the engine's rpm began to decrease and he applied carburetor heat with no effect noted. The pilot subsequently turned the airplane back towards the airport to land. As he approached the runway, he had raise the airplane's nose in an effort to avoid an airport perimeter fence. The airplane stalled and impacted soft terrain short of the runway. The airplane came to rest inverted; the aft fuselage and the vertical stabilizer were bent. A postaccident examination of the wreckage revealed no preimpact anomalies with the engine or airframe that would have prevented normal operation. The temperature and dewpoint at the time of the flight were both 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Plotting these temperatures on a carburetor icing chart indicated the conditions were conducive to serious icing at cruise power.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.