# NTSB CHI92LA100: Cessna 340, N69437, Ashland, WI, February 28, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 28, 1992, 08:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place: Ashland, WI
- Coordinates: 46.57077, -90.870071 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5708&lon=-90.8701&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 13, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15404
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI92LA100
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15404/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA100

## Probable cause

THE PILOT DELAYED INITIATING A GO-AROUND. FACTORS WERE ICING CONDITIONS AND INADEQUATE WINDSHIELD ANTI-ICE WHICH RESULTED IN RESTRICTED VISUAL LOOKOUT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - anti-ice/deice system,windshield - inadequate (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - restricted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT AT AN ALTITUDE OF 200 TO 300 FEET AGL ON FINAL APPROACH, THE WINDSHIELD BECAME OBSCURED AND HIS FORWARD VISIBILITY WAS RESTRICTED. HE ADVANCED THE POWER TO GO-AROUND BUT THE AIRPLANE SETTLED HARD ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST 210 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WAS ENCOUNTERED DURING THE APPROACH AND THE WINDSHIELD HEAT ON THE PILOT'S SIDE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N69437 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3400258
- Airframe hours: 1541
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSI0-520-N 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Metro Plains Development Co
- Registered owner: Metro Plains Development Co
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 19, 1991, 157 hours before
- Departed: 3CU, CABLE, WI
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ASX, Ashland, runway 2, 5,199 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,670 total, 336 in this make and model, 3,358 as pilot in command, 70 in the last 90 days, 29 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 25 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 700 ft overcast
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19920228004679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920228004679A), Feb 28, 1992: Cessna 340CESSNA, Ashland, WI, Substantial damage. Impacted 300 feet short of runway. Pilot blamed ice on windshield blocked vision.

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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