# NTSB MKC82DA024: Beech 36, N5005M, Malden, MO, January 31, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: January 31, 1982, 10:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place: Malden, MO
- Coordinates: 36.580078, -89.970046 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5801&lon=-89.9700&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71547
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA024
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71547/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA024

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - continued, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - precautionary landing - initiated, pilot in command
  - wing - ice (contributing factor)
  - window,flight compartment window/windshield - ice (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS BRIEFED ON THE ENROUTE WEATHER PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. RECORDS INDICATE THAT SIGMETS ON ICING AND TURBULENCE ALONG THE ROUTE WERE PROVIDED TO THE PILOT. WHEN THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED ICING CONDITIONS IN FLIGHT, HE CONTINUED INSTEAD OF TURNING BACK TO NON-ICING CONDITIONS. STRUCTURAL ICE ACCUMULATED VERY RAPIDLY. VECTORS WERE REQUESTED AND RECEIVED TO FLY TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT MORE ICE ACCUMULATED DURING THE DESCENT AND HE WAS UNABLE TO SEE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. A CRASH LANDING WAS MADE ACROSS THE RUNWAY. WITNESSES REPORTED A THICK COVERING OF STRUCTURAL ICE ON THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5005M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 36
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E 1285
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-B 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: B&B Lumber Co. Inc.
- Registered owner: B&B Lumber Co. Inc.
- Departed: LOUISVILLE, KY
- Destination: HOT SPRINGS, AR
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: Malden Muni, runway 22, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,593 total, 2,593 in this make and model, 2,454 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Temperature: 86 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820131003529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820131003529A), Jan 31, 1982: Beech A36, Malden, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot continued flight into icing conditions. Aircraft heavy with ice during landing and gear collapsed.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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