19980108006189A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 340A · Oklahoma City, OK · January 8, 1998

Date: January 8, 1998 · 11:45 local
Place: Oklahoma City, OK
Airport: Wiley Post Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: M67A
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N26956
NTSB investigation: NTSBFTW98LA103
Reported as: Cessna 340A
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520NB
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total

N26956Registration cancelled May 18, 2011 · Cessna 340AS/N 340A0775 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 340A Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Got icing in clouds on approach. Dropped to runway on flare. Buckled wing and fuselage. Pilot ignored icing AIRMET. (-23) on a flight from amarillo, Texas, tradewinds airport, to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Wiley Post Airport, the aircraft received radar vectors for the ILS approach. During the descent for the approach, the aircraft encountered moderate rime icing in the clouds. At the outer marker, the pilot cycled the deicing boots and extended the landing gear and flaps. At approximately 25 feet over the runway, the pilot began reducing power to land when the aircraft suddenly settled ot the runway resulting in a hard landing.

As the FAA filed it

GOT ICING IN CLOUDS ON APPROACH. DROPPED TO RUNWAY ON FLARE. BUCKLED WING AND FUSELAGE. PILOT IGNORED ICING AIRMET. (-23) ON A FLIGHT FROM AMARILLO, TEXAS, TRADEWINDS AIRPORT, TO OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, WILEY POST AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED RADAR VECTORS FOR THE ILS APPROACH. DURING THE DESCENT FOR THE APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED MODERATE RIME ICING IN THE CLOUDS. AT THE OUTER MARKER, THE PILOT CYCLED THE DEICING BOOTS AND EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS. AT APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET OVER THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT BEGAN REDUCING POWER TO LAND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY SETTLED OT THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB FTW98LA103Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBethany, OKThe pilot's flight into known adverse weather conditions which resulted in an inadvertent stall due to airframe ice. A factor was the icing conditions.Jan 8, 1998 · Substantial damage