Cessna 172N N6184D

Summary

On 7 November 1986 at about 05:20 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N6184D, operated by Hawaii Country Club of the Air, was involved in an accident near Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 November 1986 at 05:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Nearest airport

Honolulu Intl. (HNL)

Coordinates

21.3496, -157.8798

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N6184D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Hawaii Country Club of the Air

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Honolulu → Honolulu

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX87DJA02

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 ACFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE DESCENDING DURING A PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APCH. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 81 DEGREES (F) WITH THE DEW POINT OF 71 DEGREES (F). ACCORDING TO THE ICING PROBABILITY CHART, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SERIOUS CARBURETOR ICING AT GLIDE POWER UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS. BOTH PILOTS REPORTED NO OTHER MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WITH THE ENGINE PRIOR TO THE LOSS OF POWER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.