# Accident 20090103002079A: Beech 58, Brainerd, MN, January 3, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2009, 13:40 local time
- Place: Brainerd, MN
- Airport: Brainerd Lakes Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BEMA
- Location: 46.3864° N, 94.1369° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3864&lon=-94.1369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70DD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70DD-2012-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520CB7
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,680 total, 1,560 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090103002079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 1-3-2009, AT 1300 LOCAL TIME, N70DD A BEECH 58 PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DEPARTED BEMIDJI, MN FOR ANOKE, MN.  THE FLIGHT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN, CRUISING AT 4000' WITH 1 PASSENGER ON BOARD, OPERATING UNDER PART 135 RULES.  ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF BRAINERD THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED ICING PRECIPITATION THAT WAS NOT FORECAST.  AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE WAS DECREASING RAPIDLY AND THE PILOT COULD VISUALLY SEE KBRD BELOW.  THE PILOT NOTIFIED ATC OF THE ICING CONDITIONS AND REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO KBRD.  NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED.  THE PILOT MADE 2 PASSES TO GET ORIENTATED WITH THE AIRPORT BECAUSE ICE HAD ACCUMULATED ON THE ALCOHOL CONTROLLED WINDSHIELD.  THE FINAL APPROACH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR, RIGHT PROPELLER, RIGHT FUSELAGE, AND RIGHT WING.  THERE WAS NO FIRE, NO INJURIES, AND THE ELT DID NOT ACTIVATE.  HE TAXIED TO THE RAMP AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO HIS COMPANY.

## 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 CEN09CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA120), Jan 3, 2009: Beech 58 (N70DD), Brainerd, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the unforcasted freezing rain that obscured the windscreen and hindered the pilot's ability to judge the…

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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