- Date
- December 21, 1983, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Detroit, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N90DFBeech BE-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831221062999A
- Case key
- 12508
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Analysis
While receiving vectors for an ILS apch, the acft encountered rime icing conditions. The left windshield began icing over & would not clear when the plt adjusted the windshield heat from normal to high. Since the autopilot was engaged, he moved to the right (copilot's) seat. After turning inbound on the localizer, he disengaged the autopilot. Prior to reaching the outer marker, he cycled the deice boots & noticed that the wing boots cycled properly. While on short final with 60% flaps & 130 KTS, a sink rate developed. The plt applied power & the sink rate decreased momentarily, then began increasing again. Subsequently, the acft landed hard about 125 ft short of the rwy. It then rolled onto the rwy & skidded off the right side into a snow covered area. The acft received wing & eng damage during the occurrence. A post-accident exam revealed the right side of the windshield was covered with ice & appx 1/2 inch of ice remained unbroken on the horizontal stabilizer. The stabilizer deice boots were cycled & functioned properly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90DF
- Reported as
- Beech BE-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BB-633
- Airframe hours
- 1,619
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-41, 850 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Aviex Jet, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Reed Rock Bit Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 26, 1983 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- HOU · Houston, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DET · Detroit City, runway 15, 5,019 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,428 total · 467 in this make and model · 4,314 as pilot in command · 348 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET
FAA reports on this event · 1
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