# Accident 20110516009859A: Beech B200, Atqasuk, AK, May 16, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2011, 02:14 local time
- Place: Atqasuk, AK
- Airport: Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr Memo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 70.4756° N, 157.7389° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.4756&lon=-157.7389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N786SR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N786SR-2012-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B200 (registry code 1152922, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A series (registry code 61508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- Reported engine: U/A CANADA PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,290 total, 500 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC11TA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11TA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110516009859A

## Narrative

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

MR.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS PIC OF N786SR, A B200 BEING OPERATED BY NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH SEARCH AND RESCUE, UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.MR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CLEARED FOR THE RNAV GPS RWY 6 APPROACH INTO ATQASUK, ALASKA. SHORTLY BEFORE FIBAK, THE INITIAL APPROACH FIX (IAF), THE FLIGHT DESCENDED TO 2000 FT, ICE ACCUMULATION WAS NOT EXCCESIVE AND ALL ANTI-ICE SYSTEMS WERE ACTIVATED, THE DE-ICE BOOTS WERE INFLATED ONCE BETWEEN FIBAK AND DUVFU. THE DE-ICE BOOTS APPEARED TO SHED ICE COMPLETELY. THE DESCENT CONTINUED TO 1700 FT BETWEEN DUFVU AND IRIQU, THE FINAL APPROACH FIX (FAF), THE DE-ICE BOOTS WERE INFLATED APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES AND ICE SHEDDING APPEARED NORMAL. THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED MIDWAY BETWEEN DUFVU AND IRIQU AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM THE FAF. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED HIS AIRSPEED AT APPROXIMATELY 105 KTS. HE THEN DISENGAGED THE AUTOPILOT, SET MAX CLIMB POWER AND RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS. DURING THE CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT WAS JUST ABOUT TO THE TOP OF THE CLOUDS (APPROIMATELY 2000 FT) WHEN IT SHUDDERED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOWERED THE NOSE TO PREVENT THE STALL AND RE-ENTERED THE CLOUDS. THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED AND ROLLED VIOLENTLY THROUGH THE CLOUDS TO JUST BEFORE IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. MR.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK PICTURES OF THE AIRCRAFT SHORTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND EXPRESSED HIS DISMAY AT THE LACK OF AIRFRAME ICING. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE; MINOR INJURIES; PTRS #201102355.

## 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 ANC11TA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11TA031), May 16, 2011: Beech B200 (N786SR), Atqasuk, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain sufficient airspeed during an instrument approach in icing conditions, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of control. Contributing to the accident were 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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