- Date
- December 14, 1984, 13:14 local (19:14 UTC)
- Place
- Odessa, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N69477Cessna 340
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841214069309A
- Case key
- 21646
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Analysis
An experienced professional pilot encountered forecast icing conditions on approach that obscurred forward visibility. On go-around, anti-icing equipment cleared small area of windshield, pilot decided to land. He failed to maintain sufficient airspeed to compensate for ice on wings & stalled in the landing flare from and alt of aprx 15' AGL. The hard landing resulted in structural damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69477
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340-0322
- Airframe hours
- 3,027
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-K, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Air Transport Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 18, 1984 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Destination
- E02 · Odessa, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- EO2 · Schlemeyer, runway 11, 5,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,476 total · 123 in this make and model · 11,476 as pilot in command · 155 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MAF, 9 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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