Accident · 2003-01-24
What the record says
- Event date
- 2003-01-24
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208B (N944FE)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Baron Aviation Services, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Baron Aviation Services Inc.
Probable cause
The flight crew's failure to cycle the deice boots prior to conducting a simulated forced landing and their failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the maneuver, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent loss of control. A contributing factor was the ice accumulation on the leading edges of the airfoils.
Source: NTSB case FTW03FA089Flight 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.