# Accident 20050112000709A: Piper PA32R300, Cumberland, WI, January 12, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2005, 08:35 local time
- Place: Cumberland, WI
- Airport: Cumberland Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5097° N, 91.9806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5097&lon=-91.9806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N427KP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 267 total, 70 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050112000709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MAPLE LAKE, MN, AND WAS ENROUTE TO HOUGHTON, MI, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED ICING CONDITIONS. MINNEAPOLIS CENTER VECTORED THE AIRCRAFT TO CUMBERLAND, WI, AND CLEARED IT FOR A GPS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27. THE AIRCRAFT BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUDS AND THE PILOT SPOTTED THE AIRPORT. THE LANDING GEAR AND THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED AT WHICH TIME THE PILOT HAD MINIMAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS UNABLE TO LINE UP ON THE RUNWAY DUE TO EXCESSIVE ICE BUILD UP. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS SOUTH OF RUNWAY 27 AND SKIDDED TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 CHI05CA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA052), Jan 12, 2005: Piper PA-32R-300 (N427KP), Cumberland, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot could not maintain altitude or airspeed due to airframe icing as a result of the pilot flying into known adverse weather and failing to comply with the airplane's icing limitation . Factors…

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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