# Accident 20181130017809A: Cessna 550, Fargo, ND, November 30, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2018, 13:47 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Fargo Hector International Air
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8158° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N941JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N941JM-2020-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 550 (registry code 2076604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series (registry code 52112, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D-4
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 9
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,513 total, 259 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181130017809A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLEW ILS 18 TO KFAR.  REPORTED BREAKING OUT OF THE CLOUD LAYER APPROXIMATELY 400? AGL.  AT APPROXIMATELY 200? AGL PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT EXECUTED A UNCOMMANDED ROLL TO THE RIGHT.  PILOT STATED APPLYING LEFT AILERON AND LEFT RUDDER TO COUNTER-ACT THE ROLL.  PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND AND ROLL TO THE RIGHT.  AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING IMPACTED THE RUNWAY IN A RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE FOLLOWED BY EXITING THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND ROLLED LEFT WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR IMPACTING THE GROUND COLLAPSING IT, AND PUNCTURING THROUGH THE LEFT WING.  AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME MOMENT, THE NOSE GEAR IMPACTED THE GROUND CAUSING IT TO BEND STARBOARD BREAKING OFF THE NOSE WHEEL AND TRUNNION.  AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE GROUND ABOUT 600? AND CAME TO A REST WEST OF RUNWAY 18 ON A GRASS SURFACE.  POST ACCIDENT PHOTOS AND OBSERVATIONS INDICATED ABOUT ¾ TO 1 INCH OF MIXED ICE ON THE RIGHT WING, VERTICAL STABILIZER, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATOR PROBE.

## 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 CEN19LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA039), Nov 30, 2018: Cessna 550 (N941JM), Fargo, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to lower the flaps during the approach and maintain sufficient airspeed while flying in instrument meteorological and icing conditions and the accumulation of ice on the wings’…

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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