Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
St Paul Downtown Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
St Paul, Minnesota 55107
Monday, January 18, 1988 11:13 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
DRG ARR, THE FLT WAS VECTORED FOR A LOC RWY 32 APCH. AS THE ACFT DSCNDD FM 3400' TO 2500' MSL (TO THE FNL APCH ALT), IT ENTERED CLDS & ENCTRD UNFORECAST ICING CONDS. WHILE PROVIDING VECTORS, THE MINNEAPOLIS APCH CTLR NOTICED THE ACFT WAS NOT TRACKING ON THE EXPECTED COURSE & ADZD THE PLT TO CHECK HIS DG (DRCTNL GYRO) & COMPASS. AFTER THE FLT WAS CLRD FOR THE APCH, THE CTLR NOTED THE ACFT WAS TRACKING PARALLEL TO THE RGT OF THE LOC. THE FLT WAS REVECTORED FOR THE APCH &WAS ALIGNED WITH THE LOC ON THE 2ND ATMT. THE PLT WAS REMINDED AGAIN THAT THE ACFT WAS NOT TRACKING ON THE ASSIGNED HDG.THE PLT STATED HE ADZD THE CTLR THAT THE ACFT WAS 'PICKING UP A LOT OF ICE' & THAT HE REQUESTED NO DELAYS, BUT THERE WASNO REPLY. HOWEVER, THE TRANSCRIPT DID NOT CONTAIN THE PLT'S ICING ADZY. WHILE APCHG TO LAND, THE ACFT LOST AIRSPEED & ALT. THE PLT INITIATED CORRECTIVE ACTION, BUT THE ACFT LNDD HARD & THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE FSS BRIEFER RPRTD THERE WAS NO FORECAST FOR ICING CONDS IN INFO HE USED FOR BRIEFING. ICE WAS FND ON THE LEADING EDGES OF THE WINGS.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 1/18/1988 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1113 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | ST PAUL |
| Event State | MINNESOTA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 55107 |
| Event Date Year | 1988 |
| Event Date Month | 1 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | ST PAUL DOWNTOWN |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | SPT |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 704 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1112 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | STP |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 704 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 400 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 400 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 1 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1491 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jan 18 1988 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1245 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 37616 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 11:29AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N4479W |
| NTSB Number | CHI88LA044 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BEECH |
| Aircraft Model | A36 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | A36 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | E-544 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3650 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | May 1 1987 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 1836 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | R&R TRUCKING |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 2727 1ST AVE. N. |
| Aircraft Owner City | FARGO |
| Aircraft Owner State | ND |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Executive/Corporate |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | Q4Y |
| Departure City | HANLEY |
| Departure State | MN |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 931 |
| Departure Time Zone | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 32 |
| Runway Length | 6550 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |