- Date
- February 19, 1986, 12:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Burns, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7774QCessna 340
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860219003429A
- Case key
- 40356
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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 encountered airframe icing on a descent for a VOR approach. 1/8 to 1/4 inch of ice was present during landing. The pilot allowed a stall to occur prior to touch down with a hard landing resulting.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7774Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340-0207
- Airframe hours
- 3,382
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Aar Western Skyways, Inc., doing business as Aar Western Skyways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Aar Western Skyways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RDM · Redmond, OR
- Destination
- BNO · Burns, OR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BNO · Burns Municipal, runway 30, 1,500 × 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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,990 total · 112 in this make and model · 2,806 as pilot in command · 217 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.