- Date
- December 2, 1991, 01:40 local (07:40 UTC)
- Place
- Hamilton, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6890TCessna 310D
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911202053949A
- Case key
- 18414
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Probable cause
The inadvertend encounter with icing conditions. Factors were the unavailability of an airport weather observation facility and the deteriorated aircraft performance.
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 ATP rated pilot inadvertently encountered freezing rain while circling to land on an NDB approach. The airport did not have the capability to provide weather observations. Local area weather observation facilities were experiencing light rain at the approximate time of the accident. The weather reported to the pilot by the approach controller, immediately prior to commencing the approach, did not indicate any rain activity. This report was based on a third facility in the area. Surface temperature was 34 degrees f. the ice accumulation degraded the airplane performance to a degree which resulted in a forced landing. During the landing the airplane collided with fences and a barn. A police officer reported heavy ice accumulation on the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6890T
- Reported as
- Cessna 310D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 39190
- Engine
- Continental IO-470D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harry G. Hanson
- Registered owner
- Harry G. Hanson
- Departed
- IAH · Houston, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MNZ · Hamilton, runway 36, 3,600 × 50 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31,000 total · 2,600 in this make and model · 24,000 as pilot in command · 246 in the last 90 days · 82 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6890T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.