Cessna 208B N738FX

Summary

On 20 January 1998 at about 13:25 local time, a Cessna 208B registered N738FX, operated by Baron Aviation Services, Inc., was involved in an accident near Grand Island, Nebraska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

20 January 1998 at 13:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Grand Island, Nebraska, United States

Nearest airport

Central Nebraska Regional (GRI)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 208B

Registration

N738FX

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Baron Aviation Services, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Omaha → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

CHI98LA084

Nobody was injured.

ice build-up on the airplane's wings and empennage which led to an inadvertent stall and hard landing. Factors contributing to this accident were the pilot's inadvertent flight into icing conditions, and the icing conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was in cruise flight at 4,000 feet mean sea level (msl), when moderate ice began forming on the airplane. The pilot requested and received approval from air traffic control to climb to a higher altitude. The airplane reached an altitude of 6,700 feet msl, and would not climb any higher. The pilot maintained 6,500 feet msl until he turned onto the VOR/DME approach for runway 31 at Grand Island. The pilot maintained an airspeed between 125 and 140 knots on the approach. When the airplane was over the runway, the pilot reduced the throttle from cruise power. The airplane began to drop. The pilot said that he added power, but it did not stop the sink rate. The airplane touched down hard on the runway, slowly veered to the left, departed the runway, and turned around 180 degrees in a field before coming to a stop. Approximately 1-1/2 inches of clear ice was observed adhering to the leading edges of the wings and empennage after the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.