19960103003009I

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 03, 1996, AIRCRAFT N181A, A CESSNA 310R, SERIAL NUMBER 310R0014 OPERATED BY SMITHKLINE BEECHAM, DAMAGED THE BLADE TIPS ON BOTH PROPELLERS UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 6 AT BDL. THE PILOT RICHARD C. HAY WAS NOT INJURED. ON JANUARY 03, 1996, AT OR ABOUT 21:10 LOCAL TIME, DEPARTED RDG UNDER AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO HFD. PILOT REPORTED THAT AROUND THE KINGSTON VOR, AIRCRAFT STARTED TO PICK-UP LIGHT TO MODERATE RIME ICE. THE WINDSHIELD ICED OVER DESPITE THE USE OF THE WINDSHIELD ALCOHOL SYSTEM AND THE PILOTS LINE OF VISION WAS NOW OBSCURED. THE PILOT EXECUTED 2 MISSED APPROACHES AT HFD, THEN FLEW OVER TO WINDSOR LOCKS (BDL) AT APPROX. 22:30 LOCAL TIME AND SHOT THE ILS TO RUNWAY 6 AND LANDED. VISUAL NAVIGATION USING THE SIDE WINDOWS AND ICED OVER WINDSHIELD WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD, BOUNCED FIRST TO THE RIGHT AND THEN TO THE LEFT; BOTH PROPS STRUCK THE RUNWAY. DURING MY CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT, HE BELIEVED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED FOR FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ICING. THE REPORTING INSPECTOR ASKED THE PILOT HOW HE DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS CERTIFIED FOR FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ICING. AFTER A SHORT PAUSE IN OUR CONVERSATION, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT SURE IF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CERTIFIED FOR KNOWN ICING. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH WING AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE DE-ICER BOOTS, A PROPELLER DE-ICE SYSTEM, AND AN ALCOHOL WINDSHIELD DE-ICE SYSTEM. THERE WERE NO FLIGHT MANUAL SUPPLEMENTS TO INDICATE THAT HIGH CAPACITY HEATED PITOT TUBES WERE INSTALLED, ETC. IN FACT, THE SUPPLEMENTS FOUND ONBOARD WERE IDENTIFIED AS "SECTION 9 SUPPLEMENTS". THE APPROPRIATE OWNERS MANUAL FOR THAT AIRCRAFT SERIAL NUMBER DOES NOT HAVE A SECTION 9. CESSNA AIRCRAFT REPRESENTATIVE, CLIFF IVES, STATED THAT A HEATED WINDSHIELD WAS PART OF THE EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO CERTIFY AN AIRPLANE FOR KNOWN ICING. THE TYPE CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET INDICATES THAT SERIAL NUMBER 310R0014 WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ICE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT REQUIRED BY FAR SECTION 23.1419. HOWEVER, ICE PROTECTION WAS INSTALLED ON NON-ELIGIBLE AIRCRAFT (SERIAL NUMBERS BELOW 310R0801) ON A "NO HAZARD BASIS". THAT BASICALLY MEANS THAT THE INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT SUCH AS DE-ICE BOOTS WOULD NOT AFFECT THE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTIC OF THE AIRCRAFT. CESSNA DID NOT OFFER AN ICE PROTECTION PACKAGE (FOR FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ICE) UNTIL 1977, SERIAL NUMBER 310R0801. THE ICE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT INSTALLED BY CESSNA FOR THE 300 SERIES AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO 1977, WAS INCOMPLETE AND INTENDED ONLY TO GET YOU OUT OF INADVERTENT ICING. BASED ON THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CESSNA AND THE TYPE CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET, THIS AIRCRAFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED, PLACARDED OR APPROVED FOR FLIGHT IN TO KNOWN ICING. A CENTER WEATHER ADVISORY (CWA) HAD BEEN ISSUED AND WAS AVAILABLE TO THE PILOT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE.THE CWA FORECASTED FQT MDT ISOLD SVR ICGICIP BLO 120. ICG DMSHG TO OCNL MDT BLO 120 BY 04/04Z. ALSO METEOROLOGICAL IMPACT STATEMENT (MIS) FOR OCNL MDT TURB BLO 120 E OF HNK-MLT LN TIL 04/06Z. OCNL MDT ICGICIP BLO 120 THRUT. FRZLVL SFC. PILOT REPORTS (PIREPS) OF KNOWN ICING ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH THE EVENING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HE ONLY PROVIDED ME WITH A COPY OF TERMINAL OBSERVATIONS FOR THAT TIME PERIOD. THE "PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK" (POH) FOUND ONBOARD WAS ONLY APPLICABLE TO AIRCRAFT SERIAL NUMBER 310R0501 THROUGH 310R0800. THIS AIRCRAFT (SERIAL NUMBER 310R0014) SHOULD HAVE HAD AN "OWNER'S MANUAL" IN LIEU OF A POH. HOWEVER, THE APPLICABLE TYPE CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET DOES NOT REQUIRE THE APPROPRIATE MANUA L TO BE CARRIED ONBOARD. A "PILOT SAFETY AND WARNING SUPPLEMENT (PSWS) WAS INCLUDED UNTER THE COVER OF THE POH FOUND ONBOARD. THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTED AS A SUPPLEMENT APPEARS TO HAVE PLAYED A PART IN MISLEADING THE PILOT INTO THINKING THAT HIS AIRCRAFT WAS CERTIFIED FOR KNOW ICING. SECTION 7, OF PSWS SPEAKS TO "FLIGHT INTO ICING". DURING MY INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT, THE PILOT PRESENTED THE PSWS AS PART OF THE AIRCRAFT'S POH. THE PSWS WAS INTENDED FOR INFORMATION ONLY. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TYPE CERTIFICATE (TC) DATA SHEET 3A10, REV. 58, THE CERTIFICATION BASIS FOR THIS AIRPLANE IS CAR 3, AS AMENDED BY 3-1 THROUGH 3-10. CAR SECTION 3.772, AMENDMENT 3-7, STATES THAT A PLACARD SHALL BE PROVIDED IN CLEAR VIEW OF THE PILOT WHICH SPECIFIES THE TYPE OF OPERATIONS AND THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (E.G. ICING CONDITIONS) TO WHICH THE OPERATION OF THE AIRPLANE IS LIMITED BY THE EQUIPMENT INSTALLED. HOWEVER, THE CURRENT TC DATA SHEET EQUIPMENT SECTION APPROPRIATE TO AIRCRAFT MODEL 310R, S/N 310R0014, DOES NOT SATISFY CAR SECTION 3.772 PLACARD REUQIREMENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE REPORTING INSPECTOR PLANS TO SUBMIT SAFETY RECOMMENDATION AS FOLLOWS: AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE REQUIRING THE INSTALLATION OF THE PLACARDS REQUIRED BY CAR 3.772, AMENDMENT 3-7, AS APPLICABLE. A REVISION TO TC DATA SHEET 3A10 SATISFYING THE REQUIREMENT OF CAR SECTION 3.772, AMENDMENT 3-7. IF IT DOES'T SAY WE CAN'T, I GUESS I CAN!!! THE PSWS PROVIDED BY CESSNA AIRCRAFT SHOULD BE REVISED TO CLEARLY SHOW THAT THE "PILOT SAFETY AND WARNING SUPPLEMNT" IS FOR "INFORMATION ONLY". THE SUPPLEMENT SHOULD AVOID MISLEADING AND BROAD STATEMENTS REGARDING AIRPLANES CERTIFIED FOR KNOWN ICING. ONE SECTION OF THIS SUPPLEMENT READS "SUCH EQUIPMENT MAY INCLUDE: WING LEADING EDGE DE-ICE ANTI-ICE SYSTEM. VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE DE-ICE ANTI-ICE SYSTEM, PROPELLER DE-ICE SYSTEM, WINDSHIELD ANTI-ICE, HEATED PITOT TUBE (HIGH CAPACITY), HEATED STALL WARNING VANE TRANSDUCER OR OPTIONAL ANGLE-OF-ATTACK LIST SENSOR VANE, ICE DETECTOR LIGHT(S), INCREASED CAPACITY ELECTRICAL AND VACUUM SYSTEMS, AND OWNER OPERATOR CAN EASILY SAY "I'VE GOT MOST THAT EQUIPMENT:. SPECIFICALLY, THE AIRCRAFT IN QUESTION DID HAVE AN ALCOHOL WINDSHIELD ANTI-ICE SYSTEM (SO CALLED IN THE FAA APPROVED SUPPLEMENT). THE WINDSHIELD ANTI-ICE SYSTEM NEEDED, HOWEVER, IS A HEATED WINDSHIELD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^