- Date
- February 23, 1993, 12:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- Albert Lea, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N442TCBeech B90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930223003169A
- Case key
- 15671
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Probable cause
An inadvertent stall due to ice in the pitot/static system.
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 stated that when the flight was on final approach, 'the aircraft suddenly stopped flying and contacted the snow...came to a stop about 500 feet down the runway on the centerline. All 3 gears were folded back.' The airplane had been washed the night before and then rolled outside into -5 degree temperature. Ice was found in the airplane static system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N442TC
- Reported as
- Beech B90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ-332
- Airframe hours
- 10,992
- Engine
- P&W PT-6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Mtc Leasing
- Registered owner
- Mtc Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 31, 1992 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- OWA · Owatonna, MN
- Airport
- AEL · Albert Lea Municipal, runway 34, 4,500 × 100 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 605 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 23 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 3 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AEL, 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.