Cessna 180 N2601Y

Summary

On 6 August 2016 at about 19:15 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N2601Y was involved in an accident near Cardington, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 August 2016 at 19:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Cardington, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

My Place Airport (3OH7)

Coordinates

40.4958, -82.9022

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N2601Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cardington → Cardington

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN16LA311

1 person had minor injuries.

The partial loss of engine power due to carburetor icing during an attempted go-around.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial-rated pilot was conducting a local, personal flight and planned to land on a small private grass runway. He reported that he initially planned to land to the east, but he noticed some people on the ground and then chose to maneuver to land to the west. During the landing, the airplane floated and then drifted right, so he decided to go around. He reported that he advanced the throttle full forward and that the airplane felt "anemic" but that the engine gauges appeared normal. At the end of the runway, he rotated for takeoff, and the airplane started to slowly climb; however, the airplane impacted a building just past the end of the runway. A postcrash fire consumed a majority of the airplane. A visual examination of the engine did not reveal any obvious discrepancies; however, fire/thermal damage to the engine prevented a detailed examination. The weather conditions at the time of the accident were conducive to the accumulation of serious carburetor icing at glide power settings. The pilot would have reduced engine power while maneuvering to land, and it is likely that the carburetor accumulated ice at glide power settings, which prevented the production of full engine power during the attempted go-around.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.