- Date
- January 4, 1992, 18:35 local (Jan 5, 1992, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Pekin, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N345CCBeech A-36TC
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920104000119A
- Case key
- 15281
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's continued flight into icing conditions and his failure to use the airplane's anti-ice/de-ice system resulting in a build-up of ice over the airplane's surface area and resultant loss of control. Factors which contributed to the accident were: the airplane was over it's certificated maximum gross weight, and the icing 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
During the wx briefing at chicago, the pilot was provided pilot reports of aircraft encountering icing in the vicinity of chicago, west chicago, and springfield. He was also given the destination surface temp/dewpoint of 33/31. While beginning the approach to the destination airport, at an initial approach altitude of 2,400 ft, the front left seat pilot stated she observed ice on the windshield and wings. In addition, the rear left seat pax stated that she remembers the rear right seat pax/pilot looking at the wings with a flashlight, and recalled observing 'ice curved over the top of the wing...'. The airplane impacted the ground in an uncontrolled descent. The airplane was aprx 245 lbs over max gross weight when the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N345CC
- Reported as
- Beech A-36TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- EA-143
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-UB 1, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Grandmother, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Grandmother, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 26, 1991
- Departed
- MDW · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- PIA · Peoria, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PIA · Greater Peoria Regional
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
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,692 total · 140 in this make and model · 1,529 as pilot in command · 213 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIA, 6 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 N345CC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.