- Date
- November 27, 1984, 14:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- Mason City, IA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N41097Cessna 421B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841127066229A
- Case key
- 33894
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - icing conditionsFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - improperCause
Anti-ice/deice system,empennage - inadequateFactor
Flight into known adverse weather - initiatedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The ATP PIC knew that he would be flying into area of surface icing. Boots on horizontal stabilizer did not remove ice. Over rwy at 30 ft, acft stalled & hit the rwy hard. Manufactorer states acft cannot be certified for flt into known icing. Deice and anti-ice equipment was installed at the factory during manufacture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41097
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B0447
- Airframe hours
- 1,973
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-H, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Skytrak Aviation
- Registered owner
- A Liner 8 Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 11, 1984 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- MCW · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- MCW · Mason City, IA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MCW · Minicipal, runway 35, 6,504 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,104 total · 124 in this make and model · 1,942 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 13 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.