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C150 lands off airport after suffering engine failure. Determines carburetor ice to be the problem. Departs landing site after it melts.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 763643 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200712 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 1100 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 150 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 850 flight time type : 115 |
| ASRS Report | 763643 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters other inflight encounter other non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
Engine loss of power -- uneventful off-field landing on dry lake bed. No damage to persons/aircraft/property. Carburetor ice was culprit. Cleared ice from carburetor. Normal soft-field takeoff.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C150 LANDS OFF ARPT AFTER SUFFERING ENGINE FAILURE. DETERMINES CARBURETOR ICE TO BE THE PROBLEM. DEPARTS LANDING SITE AFTER IT MELTS.
Narrative: ENG LOSS OF PWR -- UNEVENTFUL OFF-FIELD LNDG ON DRY LAKE BED. NO DAMAGE TO PERSONS/ACFT/PROPERTY. CARB ICE WAS CULPRIT. CLRED ICE FROM CARB. NORMAL SOFT-FIELD TKOF.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.