# Incident 19980202012179I: Beech 200BEECH, Cumberland, WI, February 2, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1998, 10:50 local time
- Place: Cumberland, WI
- Airport: Cumberland Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DEBA
- Location: 45.5061° N, 91.9808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CUMBERLAND MUNI (UBE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5061&lon=-91.9808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101GQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101GQ-2013-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-41 (registry code 61541, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-41) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A41
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,250 total, 107 in this make and model, 111 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980202012179I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 10:50 CST ON 02-02-98, N101GQ WAS ON SHORT FINAL FOR RUNWAY 27 AT CUMBERLAND, WI (KUBE) WITH THE GEAR DOWN AND THE FLAPS FULLY EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDED BY MSP ARTCC FROM CRUISE ALTITUDE TO 11,000' MSL DUE TO TRAFFIC WHILE APPROXIMATELY 100 NM FROM UBE, RESULTING IN OPERATIONS IN ICING CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN IMC THROUGHOUT THE APPROACH, OBTAINING INTERMITTENT GROUND CONTACT WHEN BELOW 4,000' MSL. THE AIRCRAFT DEICING EQUIPMENT WAS OPERATING NORMALLY DURING THIS TIME. WHILE ON SHORT FINAL AT APPROXIMATELY 100' AGL, THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A SUDDEN UNEXPECTED HIGH SINK RATE AT 110 KIAS. THE PILOT REPORTEDLY APPLIED MAXIMUM POWER BUT WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT TOUCHDOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME SLIGHTLY AIRBORNE, STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT AND THEN COMPLETED THE LANDING. THE PASSENGERS WERE UNAWARE OF THE EARLY GROUND CONTACT AND EXITED THE AIRPLANE AT THE FBO. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE TIP OF THE PROPELLER BLADE, FLAP AND SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE WING FAIRING FROM CONTACT WITH A RUNWAY LIGHT. AFTER LANDING, A COATING OF APPROXIMATELY 1" TO 21/2" OF MIXED ICE ON THE WING FROM THE TIP INBO ARD FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET. THE PROP SPINNERS, ANTENNAS AND OTHER PROTRUDING FIXTURES HAD ACCUMULATED ICE. THE WING AREAS AROUND THE DEICING BOOTS DID NOT HAVE ICE ON THEM. THE PILOT WAS REMOVED FROM FLIGHT DUTIES. HE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON WINTER OPERATIONS AND WILL FLY WITH AN INSTRUCTOR FOR AT LEAST TWO FLIGHTS BEFORE BEING RETURNED TO LINE DUTY. HE WAS ADMINISTERED AN EVALUATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 49 USC 44709 BY THE PRINCIPAL OPERATIONS INSPECTOR, TOM RUSSELL (STL FSDO), WHICH WAS SATISFACTORY.

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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