- Date
- December 24, 1988, 06:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- Spokane, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4954WBeech 99A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881224056119A
- Case key
- 40967
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
Acft was left overnight in heavy precip. Plt failed to ensure fuselage drains were clear and water accumulation drained before departing into below freezing flight temps. On lndg at dest, plt unable to achieve flare, resulting in hard lndg. Investigation revealed elevator cables and pulleys frozen in solid block of ice at fuselage low point.
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
- N4954W
- Reported as
- Beech 99A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U-82
- Airframe hours
- 22,113
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-27, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Methow Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Methow Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · December 15, 1988 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- PDX · Portland, OR
- Destination
- GEG
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GAG · Spokane Int'L, runway 21, 9,000 × 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
- 50
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19,512 total · 618 in this make and model · 99 in the last 90 days · 63 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 50° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 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.