CHI86LA088

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 340A · Frankfort, IL · February 16, 1986

Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
February 16, 1986, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
Place
Frankfort, IL
Injuries
1 minor, 4 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N8663KCessna 340A
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19860216002859A
Case key
13425

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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 control - on ground/waterLanding - roll
Terrain condition - icyFactor
Weather evaluation - not understoodPilot in commandCause
Unsafe/hazardous condition warning - inaccurateFbo personnelFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/waterLanding - roll

Analysis

Following a descent through icing conditions the plt was told by the UNICOM operator that the active rwy was 'slippery'.the plt landed aprx 600-700 ft down the 3176 ft rwy and found that the braking action deteriorated from poor to nil during rollout. He attempted to slow down by running one main gear tire into snow along the edge of the rwy, but ran off the end of the paved surface. The acft stopped aprx 100 ft into a fld.

Aircraft

Registration
N8663K
Reported as
Cessna 340A
Category
Airplane
Serial number
0609
Airframe hours
2,020
Engine
Continental TSIO-520-NB, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
Soren P. Korsgard
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
100 hour · February 1, 1985 · 2 hours before
Departed
LEX · Lexington, KY
Flight plan
IFR
Airport
C18 · Frankfort, runway 27, 3,176 × 50 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
34
Certificates
Airline transport, Flight instructor
Airplane ratings
Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Left
Flight hours
3,858 total · 356 in this make and model · 3,593 as pilot in command · 188 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
90° at 5 knots
Visibility
2 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
1,500 ft overcast
Temperature
28 °F

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.