# NTSB SEA86LA060: Cessna 340, N7774Q, Burns, OR, February 19, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 19, 1986, 12:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place: Burns, OR
- Coordinates: 43.589599, -118.88948 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5896&lon=-118.8895&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40356
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40356/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA060

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, descent - normal
  - weather condition - icing conditions (cause)
  - weather condition - snow (contributing factor)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7774Q-2015-04-30), registration cancelled 2015-04-30, S/N 340-0207, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340
- Registry model: [Cessna 340](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (registry code 2076404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 340-0207
- Airframe hours: 3382
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860219003429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860219003429A), Feb 19, 1986: Cessna 340CESSNA, Burns, OR, Substantial damage. Stalled during flare. Airframe and windshield ice covered. Used windshield alcohol as a deicer instead of antiicer.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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