# Accident 20000215018699A: Piper PA23250, Amery, WI, February 15, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 15, 2000, 15:30 local time - Place: Amery, WI - Airport: Amery Municipal Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise - Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135) - Operator: DBKA - Location: 45.3009° N, 92.3602° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3009&lon=-92.3602&mi=10 - Aircraft: N106RS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N106RS-2013-03-26) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250 - Reported engine: LYC IO540* - People aboard: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,489 total, 66 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA073) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000215018699A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) PILOT EXPERIENCED SEVERE ICING CONDITIONS, CHANGED ALTITUDE BUT STILL EXPERIENCED ICING AT VARIOUS ALTITUDES. EVEN THOUGH THE AIRCRAFT WAS CERTIFIED FOR KNOWN ICING, IT STARTED TO COLLECT ICE ON THE LEADING EDGE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE ALTITUDE. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DESCEND, PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AMERY WAS NEAREST AIRPORT. PILOT SAID HE HAD A HARD TIME SEEING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED DOWNWIND ON RUNWAY 18 AND SLID ACROSS RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST SEVERAL FEET OFF RUNWAY IN A SNOW BANK. ALL THREE LANDING GEAR WERE SHEARED OFF. BENDING IN TIPS OF BOTH PROPELLERS INDICATES ENGINES WERE IN MOTION AT TIME OF IMPACT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS. (.4)THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AFTER EXPERIENCING ICE ACCUMULATION IN CRUISE FLIGHT. THE PILOT RECEIVED A FULL WEATHER BRIEFING THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AND UPDATED WEATHER ON THE DAY OF THE FLIGHT. THE PILOT UPDATED HIS FLIGHT PLAN TO CHANGE HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT TO AVOID AN AREA OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO ACCUMULATE ICE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. OTHER AIRCRAFT ALONG THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT REPORTED I CING AT ALTITUDES ABOVE AND BELOW THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT'S ALTITUDE. THE RATE OF ACCUMULATION OF ICE BEGAN TO INCREASE AND THE PILOT CONTACTED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND REQUESTED AND RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO CLIMB. THE AIRPLANE WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB HIGHER THAN ABOUT 8,000 FEET MSL. THE ICE ACCUMULATION RATE WAS SUCH THAT THE HEATED WINDSCREEN WOULD NOT KEEP THE WINDSCREEN CLEAR. THE PILOT CONTACTED ATC AND REQUESTED IMMEDIATE VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT, WHERE HE EXECUTED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. THE RUNWAY WAS SNOW COVERED WITH A COATING OF ICE BENEATH THE SNOW, AND THE WINDSCREEN WAS STILL ICED OVER. THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A SNOWBANK. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO REVEAL ANY ANOMALIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED AND CERTIFIED FOR FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ICING CONDITIONS. ## 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 CHI00LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA073), Feb 15, 2000: Piper PA-23-250 (N106RS), Amery, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilots failure to maintain directional control. Factors to the accident were the icing conditions, the snow and ice covered runway and the snowbank. ## Other reports on N106RS (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19900923054409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900923054409I), Sep 23, 1990: Piper PA23250 (N106RS), Naples, FL, Minor damage. Unable to get gear down indication. Gear collapsed on landing rollout. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.