ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356356
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 January 1996 |
| Time: | 00:12 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200T |
| Owner/operator: | Sioux Center Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | N3679M |
| MSN: | 34-7870121 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3158 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-EB3B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Des Moines, IA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Sioux Center, IA (KSOY) |
| (KDSM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot said that upon crossing the runway threshold and lowering 25 degrees of flaps, 'the airplane pitched down.' The pilot 'immediately released the flaps and added power, but the airplane was basically uncontrollable at this point.' The pilot reduced power and lowered the flaps prior to striking the runway. The airplane struck the runway on centerline and slid 1,000 feet before coming to a stop. Examination of the wreckage revealed heavy impact damage forward fuselage, engines and wings. Approximately one-half inch of rime ice was observed adhering to the leading edges of the left and right horizontal stabilizers, and along the leading edge of the vertical stabilizer.
Probable Cause: the pilot not using the airplane's deice system which resulted in an accumulation of empennage ice and a tailplane stall. Factors relating to this accident were the pilot's intentional flight into known icing conditions, and the icing conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI96LA068
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 06:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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