LIMA, OH, USA
N7825D
PIPER PA-22-150
THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE MANEUVERING IN THE VICINITY OF HIS DESTINATION (PRIVATE) AIRSTRIP, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE RAN ROUGH BRIEFLY AND THEN FAILED COMPLETELY. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED THROUGH TREES DURING ITS EMERGENCY LANDING AND CAME TO REST IN A CREEK. POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO INDICATION OF PRE-EXISTING MECHANICAL DIFFICULTY WITH THE ENGINE. WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERATE TO SERIOUS CARBURETOR ICE, TEMP 81 DEGS AND DEWPOINT 60 DEGS. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE PILOT HAD APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT, NOR PERFORMED ANY OTHER EMERGENCY/RESTART PROCEDURES.
THE PILOT FAILED TO USE CARBURETOR HEAT DURING CARBURETOR ICING CONDITIONS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE AND THE CARBURETOR ICING CONDITIONS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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