ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 299315
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 February 2000 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23-250 |
| Owner/operator: | Wisconsin Aviation |
| Registration: | N106RS |
| MSN: | 27-7854082 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3778 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | AMERY, Wisconsin -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ROSEAU , MN (KROX) |
| WATERTOWN , WI (RYV | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane sustained substantial damage during a precautionary landing after experiencing ice accumulation in cruise flight. The pilot received a full weather briefing the previous night and updated weather on the day of the flight. The pilot updated his flight plan to change his route of flight to avoid an area of heavy precipitation. The aircraft began to accumulate ice in cruise flight. Other aircraft along the route of flight reported icing at altitudes above and below the accident aircraft's altitude. The rate of accumulation of ice began to increase and the pilot contacted air traffic control and requested and received clearance to climb. The airplane was unable to climb higher than about 8,000 feet msl. The ice accumulation rate was such that the heated windscreen would not keep the windscreen clear. The pilot contacted ATC and requested immediate vectors to the nearest airport, where he executed a precautionary landing. The runway was snow covered with a coating of ice beneath the snow, and the windscreen was still iced over. The aircraft slid off the runway and struck a snowbank. Postaccident examination of the aircraft failed to reveal any anomalies. The aircraft was equipped and certified for flight into known icing conditions.
Probable Cause: the pilots failure to maintain directional control. Factors to the accident were the icing conditions, the snow and ice covered runway and the snowbank.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI00LA073
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2022 05:10 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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