ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15926
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| Date: | Sunday 16 March 2008 |
| Time: | 10:34 |
| Type: |  Mooney M20C |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | C-FRSK |
| MSN: | 690098 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4249 hours |
| Engine model: | Avco Lycoming O-360-A1D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4mls N of Marion-Mountain Empire Airport, VA (KMKJ) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Charleston, WV (CRW) |
| Jacksonville, FL (CRG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After receiving a weather briefing that indicated a probability of en route icing conditions, the pilot, who was not instrument rated, filed an instrument flight rules flight plan through those conditions. The airplane was not approved for known icing conditions. While en route, the pilot advised air traffic control that the airplane had encountered icing, and requested a lower altitude. The controller approved a descent to the lowest altitude permitted by terrain clearance requirements. After contacting the next en route controller, the pilot again noted icing, and again requested a lower altitude; however, the controller could not approve a further descent due to the same terrain clearance requirements, but authorized a turn. Subsequently, based upon information from another pilot, the controller advised the pilot that he could climb to try to exit the top of the clouds, which the pilot accepted. The airplane began a climb, but the pilot then radioed, "we're going down." When requested by the controller, the pilot confirmed that the airplane was again accumulating ice. Postcrash examination of the airplane revealed no mechanical anomalies, and its trajectory through the trees was consistent with a stall/spin.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper decision to take off in conditions conducive to icing, and his inability to maintain control of the airplane during an in-flight accumulation of structural ice.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 April 2004 | C-FRSK | Private | 0 | Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport (CYKZ), Ontario |  |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Mar-2008 08:11 | Fusko | Added |
| 17-Mar-2008 08:14 | harro | Updated |
| 17-Mar-2008 10:40 | Fusko | Updated |
| 26-Mar-2008 13:00 | Fusko | Updated |
| 26-Aug-2009 12:08 | harro | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:13 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 03-Dec-2017 10:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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