- Date
- November 30, 1992, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Frankfort, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N244JHBeech A36
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921130048679I
- Case key
- 15634
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot in command to maintain an airspeed above stall during a landing flare.
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 reported the airplane started accumulating structural ice after entering clouds during an instrument approach. He reported he flew the approach at a higher than normal airspeed. As the pilot flared for touchdown the airplane shuddered, fell, and landed hard, left main landing gear first.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N244JH
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E818
- Airframe hours
- 2,069
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Hoyt Investments
- Registered owner
- Hoyt Investments
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 4, 1992 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- CID · Cedar Rapids, IA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- C18 · Frankfort, runway 27, 3,168 × 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,138 total · 107 in this make and model · 991 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 20 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.