- Date
- April 24, 1980
- Place
- Cedar Rapids, IA · CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N166HBeech 18S
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800424011209A
- Case key
- 130820
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1183 80/4/24 CEDAR RAPIDS,IA BEECH 18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0707 N166H PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 24, 2590 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 1650 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR RAPIDS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHICAGO,IL DES MOINES,IA CEDAR RAPIDS,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 38 30 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ICE FELL OFF WING DRG LNDG.JUST AFTER TCHDWN,L WING ROSE ABRUPTLY,R WING HIT RWY.WND GSTG 25KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N166H
- Reported as
- Beech 18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cedar Rapids Muni
N166HRegistration cancelled Jan 11, 2018 · Beech E18SAirframe modelBeech E18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N166H · 1
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