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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Macon, MO · December 6, 2000

Date
December 6, 2000 · 07:30 local
Place
Macon, MO
Airport
Macon-Fower Memorial Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
RMVA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N121AF
Reported as
Beech 58
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,123 total451 in this make and model130 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot received a weather briefing at a computer terminal that forecasted icing conditions in the clouds. He then proceeded on an IFR flight plan in an airplane that was not approved for flight in icing conditions. Encountering ice, he requested a higher altitude, only to re-encounter ice shortly thereafter. He requested ATC assistance in locating an airport to which he could divert, and ultimately received a clearance to Macon (K89), Missouri. The aircraft accumulated substantial ice before reaching visual meteorological conditions. The pilot made a hard landing, bounced, and executed a go-around before returning for a landing.privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING AT A COMPUTER TERMINAL THAT FORECASTED ICING CONDITIONS IN THE CLOUDS. HE THEN PROCEEDED ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN IN AN AIRPLANE THAT WAS NOT APPROVED FOR FLIGHT IN ICING CONDITIONS. ENCOUNTERING ICE, HE REQUESTED A HIGHER ALTITUDE, ONLY TO RE-ENCOUNTER ICE SHORTLY THEREAFTER. HE REQUESTED ATC ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING AN AIRPORT TO WHICH HE COULD DIVERT, AND ULTIMATELY RECEIVED A CLEARANCE TO MACON (K89), MISSOURI. THE AIRCRAFT ACCUMULATED SUBSTANTIAL ICE BEFORE REACHING VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING, BOUNCED, AND EXECUTED A GO-AROUND BEFORE RETURNING FOR A LANDING.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^