# NTSB CHI91LA067: Beech 200, N200MR, Vichy, MO, January 12, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 11, 1991, 20:30 local (Jan 12, 1991, 02:30 UTC)
- Place: Vichy, MO
- Location: 38.1274° N, 91.7695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROLLA NTL (VIH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1274&lon=-91.7695&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 4, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14987
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI91LA067
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14987/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA067

## Probable cause

A RESTRICTED VISUAL OUTLOOK AND GO-AROUND WAS NOT PERFORMED BY THE PILOT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE A DARK NIGHT, FOG AND GLARE, ICE COVERED RUNWAY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - whiteout (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - restricted, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE EXECUTING A VOR APPROACH, ON A DARK, FOGGY NIGHT, DEPTH PERCEPTION AND GROUND CONTACT WERE LOST WHEN THE LANDING LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON SHORT FINAL.  A HARD LANDING RESULTED, BEFORE CORRECTIVE ACTION BECAME EFFECTIVE, RESULTING IN WING SPAR, ENGINE MOUNTING SUPPORT AND PROPELLER DAMAGE.  THE RUNWAY, AND ENTIRE AIRPORT WAS COVERED WITH ABOUT 3 INCHES OF MIRROR SMOOTH ICE, CAUSING CONSIDERABLE GLARE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N200MR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200MR-2017-07-18), registration cancelled 2017-07-18, S/N BB-219, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200
- Registry model: [Beech 200](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (registry code 1152920) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (registry code 52043, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BB219
- Airframe hours: 1596
- Engines: P&W PT6A-41 850 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: United Executive Jet, doing business as Jet Corp
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, September 7, 1990, 144 hours before
- Departed: SUS, ST. LOUIS, MO
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: VIH, Rolla, runway 22, 5,499 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 7,667 total, 258 in this make and model, 7,030 as pilot in command, 63 in the last 90 days, 34 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Temperature: 27 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: VIH, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19910111000339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910111000339A), Jan 11, 1991: Beech B200T, Rolla/Vichy, MO, Substantial damage. Blinded by landing lights refecting from ice covered runway on short final. Impact damaged wings and engine mounts.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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