20220224006949I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna U206G · Kansas City, MO · February 24, 2022

Date
February 24, 2022 · 10:49 local
Place
Kansas City, MO
Airport
Kansas City International
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2088U
Reported as
Cessna U206G
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,547 total1,532 in this make and model64 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On approach to kmci, the pilot stated he observed ice buildup on the windshield while operating in forecasted icing conditions. After attempting to use full windshield defrost heat and falsely assuming that prop deicing fluid would shed the ice, the pilot lost all forward visibility. The pilot continued the approach using available aircraft instrumentation and landed hard on the runway causing significant propeller damage. The pilot stated he had depart the cockpit to scrape a hole in the ice on the windscreen before taxiing to the FBO ramp.

As the FAA filed it

ON APPROACH TO KMCI, THE PILOT STATED HE OBSERVED ICE BUILDUP ON THE WINDSHIELD WHILE OPERATING IN FORECASTED ICING CONDITIONS. AFTER ATTEMPTING TO USE FULL WINDSHIELD DEFROST HEAT AND FALSELY ASSUMING THAT PROP DEICING FLUID WOULD SHED THE ICE, THE PILOT LOST ALL FORWARD VISIBILITY. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE APPROACH USING AVAILABLE AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTATION AND LANDED HARD ON THE RUNWAY CAUSING SIGNIFICANT PROPELLER DAMAGE. THE PILOT STATED HE HAD DEPART THE COCKPIT TO SCRAPE A HOLE IN THE ICE ON THE WINDSCREEN BEFORE TAXIING TO THE FBO RAMP.