Piper PA-60/601P N363VA

Summary

On 24 February 1982 at about 00:30 local time, a Piper PA-60/601P registered N363VA, operated by Goodenow Bancorporation, was involved in an accident near Carroll, Iowa, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 February 1982 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Carroll, Iowa, United States

Nearest airport

Arthur N. Neu (CIN)

Coordinates

42.0604, -94.8591

Aircraft

Piper PA-60/601P

Registration

N363VA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Goodenow Bancorporation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kansas City → Sac City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC82DA041

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT WAS ON A FLIGHT FROM KANSAS CITY, MO TO SAC CITY, IA. AFTER MAKING AN APPROACH AT SAC CITY, HE WENT AROUND, DIVERTED, AND MADE AN NDB APPROACH AT CARROLL, IA. HE SAID THAT HE ENCOUNTERED ICING CONDITIONS DURING THE APPROACHES. AT CARROLL, THE PILOT LANDED WITH A CROSSWIND AT 15 GUSTING 25 KNOTS. WHILE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND TOUCHED DOWN HARD. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF ICE ON THE WINGS AFTER LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT HAD ICING EQUIPMENT INSTALLED, BUT WAS NOT CERTIFICATED FOR FLIGHT IN KNOWN ICING CONDITIONS. DAMAGE TO THE WINGS WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL 3/8/82.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.