Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Silerton, Tennessee 38377
Sunday, October 2, 1988 12:45 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON A VFR X-COUNTRY FLT. SHE RPRTD THAT AFTER LEVELING AT 2000', THE ENG BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH & THE RPM DROPPED FROM 2400 TO ABOUT 2000 RPM. THE ACFT WOULD NOT MAINT ALT. THE STUDENT SAID SHE APPLIED CARB HEAT WHEN THE ACFT WAS AT ABOUT 1300' & THE RPM WAS ABT 1700. SHE ELECTED TO LAND WHILE THE ENG STILL HAD PWR. HOWEVER, WHILE LANDING IN A PLOWED FIELD, THE ACFT NOSED OVER AS IT SLOWED DOWN. WHEN THE ACFT WAS EXAMINED AFTER THE ACDNT, NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. THE TEMP & DEW POINT WERE 74 & 55 DEG, RESPECTIVELY. ACCORDING TO ICING PROBABILITY CHARTS, CONDS WERE CONDUCIVE TO CARB ICE.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/2/1988
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1245
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City SILERTON
Event State TENNESSEE
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 38377
Event Date Year 1988
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 25000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Thin Broken
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 23
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 13
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 340
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2201
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Oct 3 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1000
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 38792
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 12:12PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N6176K
NTSB Number ATL89LA003
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed VFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 150M
Aircraft Series Identifier 150M
Aircraft Serial Number 15077571
Certified Max Gross Weight 1600
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Jun 16 1988 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 53
Airframe Hours 5304
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name MEMPHIS NAVY FLYING CLUB
Aircraft Owner Street Address NAS MEMPHIS
Aircraft Owner City MILLINGTON
Aircraft Owner State TN
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 38054
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name MEMPHIS NAVY FLYING CLUB
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address NAVAL AIR STATION
Operator City MILLINGTON
Operator State TN
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 38054
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code NQA
Departure City MILLINGTON
Departure State TN
Departure Country
Departure Time 1245
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code CVL
Destination City CENTERVILLE
Destination State TN
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --