# Accident 19951222042439A: Beech 58, Minneapolis, MN, December 22, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1995, 11:04 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222RB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N222RB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,300 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951222042439A

## Narrative

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

APPROACH IN FREEZING DRIZZLE ICE ACCUMULATING. FAILED USE BOOTS. MAINTAIN SPEED. SETTLED IN FLARE. IMPACTED SHORT. (-23) ON DECEMBER 22, 1995 AT APPROXIMATELY 1134 AM, N222RB, A BEECH BARON 58 CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT (FCM) ON RUNWAY 27L. MR. JOHN G. MEHRL WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND, HE WAS FLYING IN THE RIGHT SEAT. MR. MEHRL STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ACCUMULATED 3/8" OF ICE (WHILE DESCENDING FROM 5000 FEET) OR LESS AND THAT HE DID NOT CYCLE THE DE-ICE BOOTS BECAUSE THE FLIGHT MANUAL DOES NOT ADVISE OPERATING THE DE-ICE SYSTEM UNTIL AT LEAST 1/2" OF ICE HAS ACCUMULATED. HE STATED THAT ON BASE AND FINAL THE AIRCRAFT CONTROLS BUFFETED WITHOUT THE STALL HORN GOING OFF. NO FLAPS WERE USED BECAUSE OF THE ICE AS STATED BY MR. MEHRL. HE MAINTAINED A FAST APPROACH SPEED AND LANDED SHORT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FLARE FOR THE LANDING. HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT JUST SETTLED THROUGH THE FLAIR POINT. LANDING SHORT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE AND LANDING GEAR. THE OTHER PILOT ON BOARD INDICATED THAT JOHN WAS FIGHTING THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED T                                   O BE 700 FEET OVERCAST WITH 2 MILES VISIBILITY AND WINDS WERE FROM 310 DEGREES AT 10.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI96LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA057), Dec 22, 1995: Beech 58 (N222RB), Minneapolis, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot-in-command's abrupt maneuvering during the circling approach. The factors involved were the airframe ice and fog.

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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