- Date
- January 19, 1987, 17:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Cleveland, OH
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N88FBDornier DO228
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870119022059I
- Case key
- 7329
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - icing conditionsFactor
Miscellaneous/other
Propeller system/accessories,blade - ice
Anti-ice/deice system - selected
Window,cabin - penetrated
Acft/equip,inadequate aircraft componentCause
Window,cabin - inadequateCause
Analysis
A piece of ice penetrated a pax cabin window immediately forward of the rt engine prop arc and the ice strike plate. The acft mfr subsequently issued a service bulletin recommending the replacement of the standard windows installed forward of the prop arc(s) with reinforced windows.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88FB
- Reported as
- Dornier DO228
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8088
- Airframe hours
- 1,196
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-52, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Fischer Brothers Aviation, doing business as Northwest Airlink
- Registered owner
- National Funding Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 17, 1987 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- CMH · Columbus, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- CLE · Cleveland Hopkins Intl., runway 5R, 8,998 × 150 ft
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private, Airline transport
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,284 total · 659 in this make and model · 280 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 7 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.