Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
John H Batten Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Racine, Wisconsin 53404
Tuesady, April 30, 2002 8:10 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The airplane struck a building during a forced landing following a loss of engine power during a landing approach. The pilot said that when he was 6.5 - 7 miles from his destination, he switched to the right fuel tank. He said the right fuel tank was "fullest". He reported that the engine stopped developing power as he neared the base leg of the traffic pattern. He said the power loss happened as he was making a power reduction. The pilot said that he verified the carburetor heat and magneto switch positions and he then attempted to restart the engine. The pilot stated that he had applied carburetor heat at, "...midpoint on downwind." The pilot said that he was in an area with, "...too many homes between [his] loaction and the [airport]." No anomalies were found with respect to the airframe, engine, or systems that could be identified as existing prior to impact. The weather at the destination airport listed a temperature of 9 degrees Celsius and a dew point of 1 degrees Celsius. According to a carburetor icing probability chart, the temperature and dew point were in the range of serious icing at descent power or moderate icing at cruise power.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The inadequate weather evaluation and delayed application of carburetor heat by the pilot, and the unsuitable terrain encountered during the forced landing. The carburetor icing conditions and the low altitude were factors.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 4/30/2002 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 810 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | Racine |
| Event State | WISCONSIN |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 53404 |
| Event Date Year | 2002 |
| Event Date Month | 4 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | JOHN H BATTEN |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | RAC |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0.75 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 135 |
| Airport Elevation | 674 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 753 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 315 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KRAC |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 674 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 9 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 1 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 290 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 11 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.91 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KRAC 301253Z AUTO 29011KT 10SM CLR 09/01 A29 |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 12184 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA |
| NTSB Notification Date | Apr 30 2002 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 840 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 28 2002 10:10AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\MONR |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N6RP |
| NTSB Number | CHI02LA118 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Cessna |
| Aircraft Model | 120 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 12635 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1450 |
| 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 | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 3 2002 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 7 |
| Airframe Hours | 2526 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Eugene A. DeGrazia |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 2485 Waukegan Ave. |
| Aircraft Owner City | Highland Park |
| Aircraft Owner State | IL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 60034 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | -- |
| Operator State | -- |
| Operator Country | -- |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | C89 |
| Departure City | STURTEVANT |
| Departure State | WI |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 730 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | -- |
| Destination City | -- |
| Destination State | -- |
| Destination Country | -- |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 9 2002 8:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | SULP |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 32 |
| Runway Length | 4423 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |