# Incident 20020314007249I: Piper PA23250, Akron, CO, March 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2002, 00:40 local time
- Place: Akron, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1635° N, 103.2203° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Akron, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1635&lon=-103.2203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555DA-2018-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 750 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020314007249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM OTG-GXY, THE PILOT OBTAINED WX INFORMATION FROM GREENBAY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION. RAIN WAS FORECAST AS FAR SOUTH AS WYOMING, BUT NOT INTO COLORADO. AT APPROXIMATELY 0017, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS HAVING ICING PROBLEMS AND MAY NEED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT WASHINGTON COUNTY AIRPORT, LOCATED NORTH OF AKRON, COLORADO. THE PILOT STATES THAT HE REQUESTED AN ALTITUDE SEVERAL TIMES IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE ICING CONDITION, BUT THE ICING PERSISTED. HE BEGAN LOSING ALTITUDE AND REQUESTED TO LAND. HE WAS DIVERTED BACK TO WASHINGTON AIRPORT BY ATC. THE SHERIFFS RESPONDED TO THE AIRPORT AND OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE APPROACH FOR LANDING. IT WAS NOT LEVEL AND TRAVELING TOO FAST, WHICH IS NORMAL IN THESE CONDITIONS. IT TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY MIDPOINT ON THE RUNWAY AND SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED THE AIRPLANE BY LOOKING OUT OF THE SIDE WINDOW AS THE WINDSHEILD WAS COVERED WITH ICE. ICE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES THICK ON THE WINGS AND THICKER ON THE PROPS. THE DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP AND THE ENGINE COWL WERE MINOR. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE MAIN HANGAR FOR INSPECTION AND WAS REPAIRED. PILOT CONTINUED HIS FLIGHT THE NEXT DAY.

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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