# Accident 19971113032969A: Beech 65A90, Wheeling, WV, November 13, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 1997, 21:41 local time
- Place: Wheeling, WV
- Airport: Wheeling-Ohio County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: S2KA
- Location: 40.0699° N, 80.6898° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0699&lon=-80.6898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80GP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80GP-1998-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A90 (registry code 1152908, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971113032969A

## Narrative

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

(TTY) SKYWARD AVI ARE MISSED APP, PILOT DECLARED EMER LANDING, NO INJ. ACFT HAS SUBS DAMAGE ON LANDING, W. LIBERTY, WV. (.4)THE PILOTS REPORTED THEY EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FIRE DURING A MISSED APPROACH IN NIGHT, IMC CONDITIONS, AND FEATHERED THE PROPELLER AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE.  ON AN APPROACH TO ANOTHER AIRPORT, THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, TRAVELED ONTO THE RUNWAY, AND THEN DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT REPORTED HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS, AND THE LACK OF POWER WITH ONE ENGINE SHUT DOWN.  EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED ROTATIONAL DAMAGE TO BOTH ENGINES AND PROPELLERS CONSISTENT WITH OPERATING ENGINES.  NEITHER PROPELLER WAS IN THE FEATHERED POSITION.  THE PILOT HAD BEEN BRIEFED ABOUT KNOWN MODERATE ICING CONDITIONS, AND ISOLATED SEVERE ICING.  THE AFM RECOMMENDED A MINIMUM SPEED IN ICING CONDITIONS OF 140 KNOTS, AND AT LESS THAN 140 KNOTS, ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON THE WINGS IN UNPROTECTED AREAS.  THE PILOT REPORTED HE FLEW THE APPROACH AT 114 KNOTS.

## 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 NYC98LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA028), Nov 14, 1997: Beech 65-A90 (N80GP), Wheeling, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain the minimum required airspeed while operating in icing conditions which resulted in ice accumulations and an inadvertent stall while on approach. Factors were the…

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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