19781207022759I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 404CESSNA · Dixon, IL · December 7, 1978

Date
December 7, 1978 · 12:50 local
Place
Dixon, IL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N3942C
Reported as
Cessna 404CESSNA
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total20 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft collected heavy mixed ice, de-ice equipment not able to clear. Pilot landed due to aerodynamic buffett.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT COLLECTED HEAVY MIXED ICE, DE-ICE EQUIPMENT NOT ABLE TO CLEAR. PILOT LANDED DUE TO AERODYNAMIC BUFFETT.