Accident · 1998-01-20

NTSB case CHI98LA084 · Cessna 208B · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1998-01-20
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Cessna 208B (N738FX)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Baron Aviation Services, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): BARON AVIATION SERVICES, INC. — Air cargo, On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As: FEDERAL EXPRESS

Probable cause

ice build-up on the airplane's wings and empennage which led to an inadvertent stall and hard landing. Factors contributing to this accident were the pilot's inadvertent flight into icing conditions, and the icing conditions.

Source: NTSB case CHI98LA084

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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