- Date
- December 1, 1991, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Carthage, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9533WPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 15355
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Probable cause
Continued flight by the pilot into known icing conditions, and his improper planning/decision, which resulted in an overrun of the runway after he diverted to an alternate airport. The adverse weather condition, icy runway, and chain link fence near the end of the runway were related factors.
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 said that during a cross-country flight, the acft encountered airframe icing. He diverted to Carthage, MO. He said that after touchdown on an ice covered runway, he was unable to stop the aircraft and it slid off the end of the runway & into a chain link fence. Before the flight, the pilot had been advised of icing conditions in the area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9533W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-22961
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Steele, Gary L.
- Departed
- OTM · Ottumwa, IA
- Destination
- Siloam Springs, AR
- Airport
- H20 · Myers Park Mem, runway 35, 2,000 × 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 234 total · 165 in this make and model · 170 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Observed at
- JLN, 8 nm away