ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356431
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| Date: | Friday 6 December 1996 |
| Time: | 08:00 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B55 |
| Owner/operator: | Midwest Surgical Services, Inc |
| Registration: | N17732 |
| MSN: | TE-1102 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3929 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Park Rapids, MN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | St. Cloud, MN (KSTC) |
| (KPKD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
In her written statement, the pilot reported that there was 'slight trace ice' in the clouds. She flew a localizer approach. On short final, the airspeed was 'slightly (5knots) below blue line.' She 'felt buffet, yaw, flutter... added power.' The airplane 'yawed to the right with the addition of power.' She initiated a go around. The airplane began to 'buck and yaw uncontrollably.' She lowered the pitch attitude, raised the landing gear, and 'attempted flaps up.' The airplane settled on the south side of the runway in a snow bank. The pilot rated passenger stated that the pilot 'flared high' and 'over corrected.' He reported that the airplane 'rocked violently' up to 60 degrees of bank. Examination of the airplane revealed no evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunction. Photographs of the airplane, taken after the accident, exhibit a ridge of approximately 1/8 inch of rime ice on the upper portion of the wing and stabilizer leading edges.
Probable Cause: the pilot's high flare. Factors were the icing weather condition and the airframe ice.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI97LA040
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 07:09 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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