# NTSB Accident CHI99LA048
> **Bellanca 8GCBC** · 1998-12-04 · BURLINGTON, WI, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI99LA048
- **Event ID:** 20001211X11525
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-12-04
- **Location:** BURLINGTON, WI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.670726, -88.269943
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bellanca
- **Model:** 8GCBC
- **Registration:** N395AC
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

Carburetor ice, the pilot's inadequate pre-flight planning/preparation resulting in his flight into poor weather conditions, and the pilot's improper use of carburetor heat.  Factors contributing to this accident were the carburetor icing conditions, the rising embankment at the shoreline and the trees.

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