- Date
- March 3, 1988, 07:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Birmingham, AL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N422NEGovernment Aircraft Fact Nomad N22B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880303054509I
- Case key
- 7629
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Weather condition - icing conditionsFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Anti-ice/deice system - delayedCause
Acft/equip,inadequate aircraft manualsCause
Inadequate certification/approval,aircraftFactor
All engines - iceCause
1 engine - seized
Ignition system,auto re-light system - lack of
Acft/equip,inadequate instrument location
Aircraft
- Registration
- N422NE
- Reported as
- Government Aircraft Fact Nomad N22B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- N22B105
- Airframe hours
- 796
- Engine
- Allison 250 B17C, 420 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air New Orleans, doing business as Continental Express
- Registered owner
- Dolphin Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BHM
- Destination
- MSY · New Orleans, LA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BHM · Birmingham Municipal
N422NERegistration cancelled Jan 19, 2018 · Government Aircraft Factories N22BAirframe modelGovernment Aircraft Factories N22B
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 7,200 total · 88 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BHM, 40 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.