MADISON, GA, USA
N2464D
CESSNA 170B
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE CRASH, ONE WITNESS DID OBSERVE THE ACFT TAXIING AT A VERY SLOW SPEED TOWARD THE DEPT END OF THE RWY. ABT 30 MINS LATER THE WRECKAGE WAS FD IN A FLD EAST OF THE AIRSTRIP. EXAM INDICATED IT COLLIDED W THE GD IN A NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE SIMILAR TO AN ACFT THAT HAD STALLED AFT TKOF. THE #5 EXH VALVE WAS FOUND SEIZED IN THE OPEN POSITION. CONDITIONS WERE CONDUCIVE TO CARB ICE AND THE PLT HANDBOOK CAUTIONS AGAINST CARB ICE FORMING ON THE GD AT IDLE SPEEDS. IN ADDITION, RCDS INDICATED THE ACT WAS AUTHRZD USE OF AUTO FUEL AND AN FAA AC INDICATED CARB ICE FORMS IN LESS TIME AND AT HIGHER TEMPS THAN AV GAS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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