BELLE GLADE, FL, USA
N704HB
CESSNA 150M
THE STUDENT PLT STATED HE WAS EN ROUTE ALONG THE HILLSBOROUGH CANAL WHEN HE ENCTRD A RAIN SHOWER & RETARDED THE POWER TO 2000 RPM TO DSCND. HE STATED THAT CARB ICE FORMED & THE ENG LOST POWER. HE MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A DIKE. HOWEVER, AS THE ACFT WAS ROLLING OUT, IT ENCTRD A X-WIND & SLID OFF THE SIDE OF THE DIKE & WAS DAMAGED. ACCORDING TO PERFORMANCE CHARTS, THE TEMP & DEW POINT (85 & 75 DEG, RESPECTIVELY) WERE CONDUCIVE TO CARB ICE.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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