- Date
- March 21, 1984, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Joliet, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N260RACessna 421C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840321006879A
- Case key
- 12566
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Analysis
The acft picked up moderate to severe icing which the pilot thought he had shaken off as he cycled the deice boots. He saw the ice come off of the wings but could not see the horizontal stabilizer. On short final at 100 KTS the control yoke began vibrating. He increased airspeed & lowered the nose but was unable to flare resulting in a hard landing. Clear ice chunks were found on the runway which apparently broke off on landing. An operational check of the deice bootsperformed at a later date was satisfactory on both the wing & horizontal stabilizer surfaces.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N260RA
- Reported as
- Cessna 421C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421C1004
- Airframe hours
- 1,440
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-N, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Bays Toyota
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 123 · Wash Court Hous, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JOT · Joliet Park Dist., runway 12, 2,970 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,430 total · 70 in this make and model · 3,270 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 24 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.