# Accident 20060321007069A: Piper PA23250, Emporia, KS, March 21, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2006, 06:45 local time
- Place: Emporia, KS
- Airport: Emporia Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DD5A
- Location: 38.3306° N, 96.1899° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EMPORIA MUNI (EMP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3306&lon=-96.1899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N331FC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N331FC-2006-10-24) (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
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 140 in this make and model, 360 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060321007069A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ENCOUNTERED ICING CONDITIONS WHILE ENROUTE TO ICT FROM MKC. AIRCRAFT BECAME INCAPABLE OF CLIMBING OR MAINTAINING ALTITUDE. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND UNTIL IT STRUCK A TREE APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE EMPORIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A GRASS COVERED PASTURE APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET FROM THE IMPACTED TREE. PREFLIGHT BRIEFING INCLUDED ICING IN FLIGHT BUT DID NOT MENTION SEVERE ICING.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N331FC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20030115004269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030115004269I), Jan 15, 2003: Piper PA23250 (N331FC), Wichita, KS, Minor damage. (-23) On 01/15/2003, at approximately 0655 hours, the nose gear collapsed on a Piper PA23-250 (N331FC) while landing on runway 1R at Wichita Mid-Continent…

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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