19891228054349A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 340CESSNA · Merrill, WI · December 28, 1989

Date
December 28, 1989 · 15:30 local
Place
Merrill, WI
Airport
Merrill Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N69556
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI90FA056
Reported as
Cessna 340CESSNA
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520NB
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,250 total1,900 in this make and model150 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.

Freezing rain,ice,on airframe and windshield. Landed hard and veered into a snowbank.

As the FAA filed it

FREEZING RAIN,ICE,ON AIRFRAME AND WINDSHIELD. LANDED HARD AND VEERED INTO A SNOWBANK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.