- Date
- February 11, 1985, 21:00 local (Feb 12, 1985, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Macon, GA
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N401MXBritish Aerospace BAE 3101 Jetstream
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850211030649I
- Case key
- 6674
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Analysis
Acft was being slowed to holding speed in icing conditions. Crew heard sound of ice striking left side of fuselage followed by spool down of left engine. Then same occurred on the right side. Dual airstart successful. Crew elected to make precautionary ldg. System checked good. Continuous ign. Had not been selected prior to flameouts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N401MX
- Reported as
- British Aerospace BAE 3101 Jetstream (BAE 3101 J)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 628
- Airframe hours
- 1,540
- Engine
- Garrett TPE3311OUF511, 900 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Metro Express, doing business as Eastern Metro Express
- Registered owner
- Connecticut Nat'L Bnk Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · February 7, 1985 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- ABY · Albany, GA
- Destination
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 800 in this make and model · 3,200 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 200 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 310° at 20 knots, gusting 32
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCN, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.