Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary MIA90LA097

Aircraft #1

N19599

CESSNA 150L

Analysis

THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI) TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE OVER WATER WHEN THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT GET THE ENGINE ABOVE IDLE POWER. THE INSTRUCTOR COULD NOT EITHER AND DITCHED THE AIRPLANE. AFTER THE AIRPLANE WAS RECOVERY FROM THE WATER, AN EXAM OF THE CARBURETOR REVEALED THAT THE PACKING AROUND THE ACCELERATOR PUMP HAD JAMMED THE PUMP.

Probable Cause and Findings

FAILURE OF PACKING AROUND THE CARBURETOR ACCELERATOR PUMP, WHICH HAD JAMMED THROTTLE MOVEMENT AND WOULD NOT ALLOW AN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPM ABOVE IDLE.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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