| Date: | Wednesday 3 May 1967 |
| Time: | 05:02 |
| Type: |  Grumman G-73 Mallard |
| Owner/operator: | Gold Bond Stamp Co. |
| Registration: | N298GB |
| MSN: | J-58 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Huron-Howes Airport, SD (HON) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Huron-Howes Airport, SD (HON/KHON) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot took off with a heavy accumulation of frost on the wings of the aircraft. Temperature at the time was -8°C.
The airplane stalled and crashed immediately after takeoff.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
miscellaneous acts,conditions - airframe ice
FACTOR:
weather - icing conditions-includes sleet,freezing rain,etc.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Grumman G-73 Mallard / Geoff Goodall
NTSB
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