CORP SMT ACCUMULATES ICE; MAKES POOR APCH AND HARD LNDG.

1992-01 · NASA ASRS report 200004

Date: 1992-01 · Aircraft: Small Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turboprop Eng

Anomalies: deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|inflight-event-encounter-weather-turbulence|inflight-event-encounter-loss-of-aircraft-control|other-unspecified

Synopsis

CORP SMT ACCUMULATES ICE; MAKES POOR APCH AND HARD LNDG.

Narrative

I WAS PF ON OUR COMPANY SMT FROM MZZ TO MNM TO GRB. PNF WAS THE SENIOR PLT (IN THE R SEAT). ON DSCNT FOR THE APCH TO MNM; APPROX 1/8 OF RIME ICE ACCUMULATED BTWN 5000 AND 6000 MSL. PITOT/STATIC AND STALL WARNING HEAT WAS ON. NACELLE AND PROP ANTI-ICE WERE TURNED ON. WINDSHIELD HEAT (INSTALLED L SIDE ONLY) WAS USED UNTIL ICE WAS CLR. THE ICE ON THE WING WAS BELIEVED INSUFFICIENT FOR EFFECTIVE USE OF THE DE-ICE BOOTS. THE 10 MIN FLT TO GRB (WITH THE 2 PAXS PICKED UP AT MNM) WAS FLOWN AT 4000 MSL EXPECTING WE WOULD BE CLR OF ICING CONDITIONS. WING ICE WAS CHKED WITH THE DEICE LIGHT PRIOR TO THE START OF THE APCH. THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS NEW ACCUMULATION. DURING THE FLT; GRB ATIS WAS REVISED FROM 1100 OVCST TO 700 OVCST. I ANTICIPATED BREAKOUT PRIOR TO THE MISSED APCH POINT ON THE LOC (BC) 24L APCH. WHILE I WAS USING THE HSI (SET TO THE FRONT COURSE FOR PROPER SENSING); I HAD NOT FLOWN A BACK COURSE APCH IN SEVERAL MONTHS. I ANTICIPATED A STRONGER XWIND ON THE APCH THAN WAS ACTUALLY ENCOUNTERED BECAUSE OF WIND EXPERIENCED AT MNM. ATIS RPTED THE WIND AS 340 DEGS AT 4 KTS. THE RESULT WAS A SLOPPY APCH WITH NEEDLE DEFLECTIONS OF APPROX 2 DOTS. AT THE MAP; I WAS ABOUT 2 DOTS R OF THE LOC CENTERLINE AND JUST DECIDING TO MISS WHEN I SPOTTED THE VASI AND RWY AT ABOUT THE 9:30 TO 10 O'CLOCK POS. AS A LOW FLARE WAS INITIATED; THE ACFT STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE LNDG WAS A BIT ROUGH BUT WAS NOT BELIEVED TO BE HARD BY EITHER OF THE CREW. WE WERE SURPRISED WHEN WE NOTICED THE R WING LOW ATTITUDE AND THAT R PROP WAS SPINNING TO A STOP. AFTER DISEMBARKING; WE DETERMINED THAT THE L PROP ALSO CONTACTED THE RWY BUT DID NOT STOP. WE ALSO FOUND ICE ON STALL WARNING SENSOR (THE STALL WARNING HEAT SWITCH WAS IN THE 'ON' POS). THE ICE ON THE WING WAS BTWN 3/16 INCH AND 1/4 INCH. A TV RPT LATER ADVISED THAT THERE WAS SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IN AREA (NOT RPTED ON ATIS). I SHOULD NOTE THAT LATER SMT HAVE THE DEICE LIGHT OUTBOARD OF THE L NACELLE INSTEAD OF THE FUSELAGE SIDE. IF OUR'S HAD BEEN SUCH; I MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THE INOPERATIVE STALL WARNING HEAT. THE ACFT WT AT LNDG WAS APPROX 8800 POUNDS (560 BELOW MAX LNDG WT). I SHOULD HAVE REMEMBERED AND LIVED BY THE OLD SAW THAT A BAD APCH EQUALS A BAD LNDG. I DISCOVERED WHILE TALKING TO THE FSDO REPRESENTATIVE THAT MY LAST PHYSICAL WAS 12/90; NOT 1/91 AS I BELIEVED AND I THEREFORE DID NOT HAVE A VALID SECOND CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. I HAD MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT LEAST 1 WK PRIOR FOR A MEDICAL EXAM SCHEDULED 2 DAYS SUBSEQUENT TO THE INCIDENT. THE CREW WAS ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR PROFICIENCY TRAINING 3 DAYS SUBSEQUENT TO INCIDENT. MY LAST PROFICIENCY TRAINING HAD BEEN 11/84. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON MY 40TH BIRTHDAY!

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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