ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326101
Date: | Monday 29 January 1990 |
Time: | 20:33 |
Type: | Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster |
Owner/operator: | Federal Express |
Registration: | N854FE |
MSN: | 208B0172 |
Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
Total airframe hrs: | 390 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 3,2 km S of Plattsburgh-Clinton County Airport, NY (PLB) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Plattsburgh-Clinton County Airport, NY (PLB/KPLB) |
Destination airport: | Syracuse-Hancock International Airport, NY (SYR/KSYR) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Cessna made a takeoff from runway 19 at Plattsburgh-Clinton County Airport (PLB) with light wet snow falling, at night. The airplane reached an altitude of 700 feet agl prior to making a steep descent, striking trees and impacting inverted. The accident airplane had come from a hangar and was not de-iced prior to departure.
Another Cessna Caravan (N4688B) crashed under the same circumstances just about 40 km (25 miles) away at 21:00 minutes.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Loss of control in-flight after the airplane stalled during climbout. The stall resulted from a loss of lift due to a contaminated wing surface. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the pilot to de-ice the aircraft prior to departure."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC90FA060 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
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