- Date
- December 17, 1987, 19:36 local (Dec 18, 1987, 00:36 UTC)
- Place
- Chantilly, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N23AZSwearingen SA-226
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871217079299I
- Case key
- 11355
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft had descended through a cloud layer enroute for the scheduled lndg at iad and according to the crew had picked up some trace rime ice on its wing surfaces. Although pitot and sas (stall avoidance system) heat were used the captain elected not to use engine inlet anti-ice. Just inside the outer marker the left engine lost power followed shortly by the right engine. The captain was able to set the acft down in an open field where the gear collapsed during the landing roll. The engines were successfully run-up at the Garrett facility. The flt manual contains a warning and a note stating that engine heat and continuous ignition must be used after leaving icing conditions until the plt is confident that any significant residual ice will not be injested into the engines. Ice was found lying beneath the rt wing which matched the curvature of the leading edge of the wing. A round conical shaped piece of ice was found along the wreckage path which matched the nose of the propeller spinner.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23AZ
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA-226
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-260
- Airframe hours
- 12,820
- Engine
- Garrett TPE331-I0UA-5, 840 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Avair Incorporated, doing business as Air Virginia
- Registered owner
- Surburban Funding Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · December 10, 1987 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- EWR · Newark, NJ
- Destination
- IAD · Chantilly, VA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- IAD · Washington/Dulles Intl, runway 1R, 11,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,200 total · 400 in this make and model · 7,080 as pilot in command · 142 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAD, 4 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.