# Accident 19980108006189A: Cessna 340A, Oklahoma City, OK, January 8, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1998, 11:45 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Wiley Post Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: M67A
- Location: 35.5002° N, 97.6408° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5002&lon=-97.6408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26956, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26956-2011-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980108006189A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 FTW98LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA103), Jan 8, 1998: Cessna 340A (N26956), Bethany, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's flight into known adverse weather conditions which resulted in an inadvertent stall due to airframe ice. A factor was the icing conditions.

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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