Cessna 172 N7230G

Summary

On 2 January 1983 at about 20:35 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N7230G, operated by J.a. Basinger, was involved in an accident near Greenburg, Indiana, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 January 1983 at 20:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Greenburg, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N7230G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

J.a. Basinger

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Falls of Rough → Delphos

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83LA070

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE RPM BEGAN DROPPING WHILE HE WAS CRUSING AT 2500 FT. WHEN CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED, THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND GET IT TO 1200 PRM, BUT IT STOPPED AGAIN. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A SOFT FIELD WHERE THE PLANE NOSED OVER. AN INSPECTION AND OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO PRECRASH, MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE. THE TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT WERE 34 AND 24 DEGREES, RESPECTIVELY. ACCORDING TO ICING PROBABILITY CHARTS, ICING COULD OCCUR IN IN FLOAT TYPE CARBURETORS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT THOSE TEMPERATURES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.