- Date
- January 13, 1982, 10:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Spokane, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N36PBPiper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820113000849A
- Case key
- 72668
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Analysis
After arriving in the Spokane area, a full ILS was commenced. It was terminated about 200 ft above the decision height with a missed approach. The aircraft was vectored for a second ILS. During the last 400 ft of this approach, about 3/4 to one inch of mixed rime and clear ice was picked up. The copilot visually identified the approach lights and the ILS was continued to landing. During the flare, the left wing dropped and struck the runway and was substantially damaged. Ice had formed on the leading edges of the wings in about a two inch flat plane, perpendicular to the chord line. At the time of the mishap, fog dispersal operations were in effect. The procedure involved the use of aircraft to disseminate dry ice into the fog to provide condensation nuclei. This procedure increases the fog droplet size to provide subsequent dissipation. It also reduces the temperature of the surrounding air, and in certain conditions, can attribute to airframe icing. Prevailing temperature was 33 deg.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36PB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 317405128
- Airframe hours
- 5,121
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Richard Engstrom
- Registered owner
- Dale E Johson
- Departed
- GEG · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- BFI · Spokane, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Geiger Field, runway 21, 9,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,295 total · 82 in this make and model · 4,994 as pilot in command · 92 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 91 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GEG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N36PB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.