# Accident 19980120009439A: Cessna 208B, Grand Island, NE, January 20, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1998, 07:25 local time
- Place: Grand Island, NE
- Airport: Central Nebraska Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 40.9570° N, 98.2966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9570&lon=-98.2966&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738FX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738FX-2005-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980120009439A

## Narrative

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

ICE ON AIRFRAME DROPPED OUT ON FLARE. SLID OFF RUNWAY. (.4)THE PILOT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 4,000 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL), WHEN MODERATE ICE BEGAN FORMING ON THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT REQUESTED AND RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TO CLIMB TO A HIGHER ALTITUDE.  THE AIRPLANE REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF 6,700 FEET MSL, AND WOULD NOT CLIMB ANY HIGHER.  THE PILOT MAINTAINED 6,500 FEET MSL UNTIL HE TURNED ONTO THE VOR/DME APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 31 AT GRAND ISLAND.  THE PILOT MAINTAINED AN AIRSPEED BETWEEN 125 AND 140 KNOTS ON THE APPROACH.  WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS OVER THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT REDUCED THE THROTTLE FROM CRUISE POWER.  THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO DROP.  THE PILOT SAID THAT HE ADDED POWER, BUT IT DID NOT STOP THE SINK RATE.  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON THE RUNWAY, SLOWLY VEERED TO THE LEFT, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, AND TURNED AROUND 180 DEGREES IN A FIELD BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. APPROXIMATELY 1-1/2 INCHES OF CLEAR ICE WAS OBSERVED ADHERING TO THE LEADING EDGES OF THE WINGS AND EMPENNAGE AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CHI98LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA084), Jan 20, 1998: Cessna 208B (N738FX), Grand Island, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: ice build-up on the airplane's wings and empennage which led to an inadvertent stall and hard landing. Factors contributing to this accident were the pilot's inadvertent flight into 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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