Piper PA-22-150 N7825D

Summary

On 12 August 1989 at about 19:52 local time, a Piper PA-22-150 registered N7825D, operated by Lusk, Larry L., was involved in an accident near Lima, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 August 1989 at 19:52

Classification

Accident

Location

Lima, Ohio, United States

Coordinates

40.8290, -83.9698

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-150

Registration

N7825D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lusk, Larry L.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wausion → Lima

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI89LA167

1 person was seriously injured.

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.