# Incident 19831122072399I: Beech 58, Medford, OR, November 22, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1983, 19:02 local time
- Place: Medford, OR
- Airport: Jackson Co
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3360° N, 122.8518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medford, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3360&lon=-122.8518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3858U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3858U-2010-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831122072399I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST CONTROL DUE TO SEVERE ICING AT 6000 FT. REGAINED CONTROL AT 3000 AND LANDED.  TOO MUCH ICE FOR DE ICE SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N3858U (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19891024059329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891024059329I), Oct 24, 1989: Beech 58 (N3858U), Oxford, NC, Minor damage. Forgot to lower landing gear lever and landed with gear retracted. No malfunctions found.
- [Incident 19850326012929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850326012929I), Mar 26, 1985: Beech 58 (N3858U), Abingdon, VA, Minor damage. Aircraft was being taxied on yellow line when wingtip struck unauthorized construction trailer.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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