- Date
- October 9, 1988, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rutland, VT
- Injuries
- 5 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9431RCessna U206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881009046149A
- Case key
- 36320
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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 accident sequence was observed by two pilots who were awaiting takeoff at the approach end of the rwy in use. One of the pilots reported that the plt of the acdt acft advised him that the acdt acft had encountered ice during the flight. The acdt acft was observed on a 'tight' downwind opposite the touchdown point at about 600 ft AGL. At that point the wings of the acdt acft dipped from side to side 4 or 5 times. Next, the acft made a left, descending turn toward the rwy. During the turn, the lt wing dropped suddenly and the acft descended to the ground from about 200 - 300 ft AGL. One on the first witnesses to arrive at the acdt scene, about 45 min after the acdt occurred, reported seeing ice on the top of acdt acft wing. A witness reported the temp at the time of the acdt was 38 deg f.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9431R
- Reported as
- Cessna U206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20606862
- Airframe hours
- 561
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Hagelin
- Registered owner
- Robert W Hagelin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 11, 1988 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- BAF · Westfield, MA
- Destination
- RUT · Rutland, VT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RUT · Rutland, runway 1, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 550 in this make and model · 1,330 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.