ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365906
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 November 1990 |
| Time: | 11:37 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 401 |
| Owner/operator: | Suburban Air Freight Inc. |
| Registration: | N10QP |
| MSN: | 401-0025 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Grand Island, NE -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| (KEAR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT SAID THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF HE ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TO HEAVY ICING CONDITIONS. HE ELECTED TO RETURN TO HIS DEPARTURE APT, AND WAS OBSERVED BY ATC PERSONNEL TO MAKE AN ERRATIC FINAL APPROACH, THEN DROPPING FROM ABOUT 20 FEET AGL TO THE RUNWAY. PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAXI THE ACFT TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, BUT POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED BOTH WING SPARS DAMAGED AND A DAMAGED RIGHT PROPELLER.
Probable Cause: FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FLARE MISJUDGED. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: ICING CONDITIONS RESULTING IN REDUCED AIRCRAFT CONTROLLABILITY AND RESTRICTED VISUAL OUTLOOK.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI91LA034
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 15:16 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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