- Date
- January 25, 1990, 05:42 local (11:42 UTC)
- Place
- Oak Creek, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N48KBeech E18S
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900125023179A
- Case key
- 14624
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were: the adverse weather conditions, accumulation of structural and/or induction ice, and dark night.
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 pilot stated that, while en route to his destination on a night cargo flight, he experienced difficulty with the right engine which he attributed to carburetor icing. With application of manifold heat, the problem cleared up; a short while later, the right engine lost power compeltely. Attempts at restart were unsuccessful; the pilot declared an emergency and diverted to an alternate airport. Weather conditions in the area were bad, with a winter storm in progress; most local airports were closed due to weather. The pilot was cleared for the ILS rwy 1 approach. He reported the aircraft had iced up while en route, and that while on the ILS apch, it 'picked up more' (ice) at about 300 to 400 ft AGL. He was unable to reach the rwy. Subsequently, he made an emerg landing approximately one mile short of the runway. A post-accident investigation revealed no evidence of a pre-impact mechanical malfunction of the right engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48K
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA-202
- Airframe hours
- 16,147
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Blackhawk Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · December 13, 1989 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- YIP · Ypsilanti, MI
- Destination
- JVL · Janesville, WI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- runway 1, 9,690 × 200 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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total · 230 in this make and model · 2,410 as pilot in command · 273 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft
- Observed at
- MKE, 1 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.
Other investigations on N48K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.