- Date
- February 22, 1982, 19:15 local (Feb 23, 1982, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Westerly, RI
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5358JCessna 421C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820222025739A
- Case key
- 73016
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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.
Analysis
The aircraft touched down hard during a night landing after the pilot encountered icing conditions in flight. Several witnesses reported that the aircraft had 1/2 to 3/4 inch of ice on the leading edges of the wings and verticle stabilizer. The gross landing weight of the aircraft was estimated to be 7519 lbs with the center-of- gravity near the forward limit. The maximum certificated landing weight was 7200 lbs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5358J
- Reported as
- Cessna 421C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421C0671
- Airframe hours
- 706
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520L, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Luna Industries, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Luna Industries, Inc.
- Departed
- CRE
- Destination
- WST
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- WST · Westerly State, runway 7, 4,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,324 total · 674 in this make and model · 3,324 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WST
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.