# NTSB BFO92LA037: Piper 46-310P, N4321L, Lima, OH, March 10, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 10, 1992, 11:52 local (16:52 UTC)
- Place: Lima, OH
- Coordinates: 40.829849, -83.970352 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8298&lon=-83.9704&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 11, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11769
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO92LA037
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11769/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA037

## Probable cause

THE PILOT FAILURE TO MAINTIAN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED DURING FINAL APPROACH WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS ICE ON THE WINGS.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - wing - ice (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27 WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND LANDED HARD 300 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND SLID TO A STOP. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE ATTEMPTED 3 INSTRUMENT APPROACHES, BUT TWO OF THE THREE, A VOR AND AN ILS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PILOT ATTRIBUTED THIS TO ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE ANTENNAE, WHICH AFFECTED THE RECEPTION OF THE NAVIGATIONAL SIGNAL AND CAUSED HIS RADIOS TO OPERATE ERRONEOUSLY. ALSO, HE STATED THAT DURING THE UNSUCCESSFUL APPROACHES, THE WING ACCUMULATED 1/2 INCH OF ICE ON THE LEADING EDGE. ON FINAL APPROACH WITH THE GEAR EXTENDED, FLAPS 10 DEGREES, AND THE AIRCRAFT AT 110 KNOTS SLOWING TO 100 KNOTS, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED 150 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TRIED TO RECOVER BY APPLYING FULL POWER, BUT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND SLID TO A STOP. THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4321L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4321L-2011-06-30), registration cancelled 2011-06-30, S/N 46-8408007, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 46-310P
- Registry model: [Piper PA-46-310P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (registry code 7104605) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 468408007
- Airframe hours: 2516
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-BE 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Charles Hampton'S A-1 Signsinc
- Registered owner: Charles Hampton'S A-1 Signsinc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 26, 1991, 276 hours before
- Departed: M02, DICKSON, TN
- Destination: AOH, LIMA, OH
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: AOH, Lima Allen Co., runway 27, 5,149 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,312 total, 1,640 in this make and model, 23,255 as pilot in command, 68 in the last 90 days, 27 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 19 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,100 ft overcast
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FDV, 19 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920310005729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920310005729A), Mar 10, 1992: Piper PA46310P, Lima, OH, Substantial damage. Missed two approaches and icing up. Last try broke out. Circled to land. Stalled at 150 feet AGL on final,heavy ice.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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