FALMOUTH, KY, USA
N42616
CESSNA 182L
DURING FLT IN IMC CONDITIONS AT 9000 FT MSL, THE PLT NOTED A LOSS OF AIRSPEED INDICATIONS. HE REQUESTED & RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO DESCEND. DURING THE DESCENT, HE ELECTED TO DIVERT & RECEIVED VECTORS FOR A NEARBY ARPT. HOWEVER, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LEVEL OFF, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO THE ENG. HE WAS UNABLE TO GLIDE TO AN ARPT & SUBSEQUENTLY WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A WOODED AREA. DURING THE LANDING, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES ON STEEP TERRAIN. AN INVESTIGATIONREVEALED THE SURFACE TEMP & DUE POINT WERE 50 & 38 DEG, RESPECTIVELY, THUS THE TEMP AT 9000 FT WOULD HAVE BEEN AT OR NEAR FREEZING. ACCORDING TO ICING PROBABILITY CHARTS, CARB ICING CONDITIONS WERE PROBABLE DURING THE DESCENT FROM 9000 TO 3000 FT. ALSO, WATER WAS FOUND IN THE GASCOLATOR, BUT NO OTHER PREIMPACT PROBLEMS WERE FOUND.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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