- Date
- December 27, 1989, 15:51 local (20:51 UTC)
- Place
- North Canton, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2105LBeech V35B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891227053309A
- Case key
- 14612
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Probable cause
Continued flight by the pilot into known adverse weather conditions, and his delay in diverting to an alternate airport, which resulted in accumulation of airframe icing. Factors related to the accident were: the adverse weather and runway/terrain conditions.
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.
Analysis
The plt rprtd that as he began a dscnt near his destn, the acft flew into icing conds. He diverted to North Canton, but severe to moderate icing conds were enctrd. Vectors were provided for a surveillance apch. The acft dscnded below the clouds at about 1000' AGL. The plt flew the apch at 120 KTS to avoid a stall. He elected to land downwind, since he believed he could not keep the acft airborne, if he tried to mnvr for a headwind landing. Subsequently, he was unable to stop the acft on the icy rwy. After depg the rwy, the acft went down a snow covered grade & was damaged. Witnesses rprtd that about 1-1/2 inch of ice had accumulated on the antennas & leading edges of the acft. Before the flt, the plt was adz of slight snow, IFR conds & icing conds along the route.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2105L
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-9912
- Airframe hours
- 2,462
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Tubbs, Thomas A.
- Registered owner
- Tubbs, Thomas A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1989 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- GRD · Greenwood, SC
- Destination
- Wadsworth, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CAK · Akron-Canton Rgnl, runway 1, 6,397 × 150 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 3,300 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.