West Woodward Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Woodward, Oklahoma 73801
Tuesady, January 5, 1988 12:00 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

BEFORE TKOF, THE PLT WAS BRIEFED ON FLT PRECAUTIONS FOR IFR & SNOW; HOWEVER, HE WAS NOT ADZD OF ICING CONDS IN CLOUDS & PRECIP ABOVE THE FREEZING LVL TO 18,000' AS CAUTIONED IN THE CURRENT AREA FORECAST. WHILE CLIMBING AFTER TKOF, HE ENCTRD CLOUDS & 'SOME LIGHT ICING' BTN 5500' & 6000'. HE CONTD AN EN ROUTE CLIMB UNTIL IN THE CLEAR AT ABOUT 10,000'. DRG THE CLIMB, PREDOMINANTLY RIME ICE & SOME MIXED ICE ACCUMULATED ON THE WINDSHIELD & WINGS. DRG DSCNT TO THE DESTN, SIMILAR ICING CONDS WERE ENCTRD UNTIL THE ACFT WAS IN THE CLEAR AT APRX 4600'. THE PLT THEN FLEW IN VFR CONDS TO CLEAR HIS WINDSHIELD. ESTIMATING ABT 1/4' OF ICE ON THE WINGS, THE PLT BEGAN A TURN TO FINAL AT APRX 600' TO 700' AGL WITH A 10 KT SAFETY MARGIN (90 KTS). HOWEVER, DRG THE TURN, THE ACFT STALLED. THE PLT STATED HE APPLIED CORRECTIVE ACTION, BUT THE ENG DID NOT RESPOND TO APPLICATION OF FULL THROTTLE. BEFORE RECOVERING, THE ACFT STRUCK THE GND & SLID APRX 300' TO A STOP. AFTER THE ACDNT, ICE WAS FND ON THE WINGS WHICH WAS APRX 3/4' THICK AT THE LEADING EDGES.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 1/5/1988
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 1200
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City WOODWARD
Event State OKLAHOMA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 73801
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 WEST WOODWARD
Event Location Nearest Airport ID WWR
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 1
Degrees magnetic from airport 350
Airport Elevation 2188
Weather Briefing Completeness Partial - limited by briefer
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1150 Central Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 250
Weather Observation Facility ID GAG
Elevation of weather observation facility 2223
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 25
Time Zone of the weather observation CST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 1500
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 7
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) -9
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -12
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 80
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 11
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Serious
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 2
Injury Total All 2
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 333
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jan 5 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1315
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 36124
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 11:29AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N6624N
NTSB Number FTW88FA046
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 B36TC
Aircraft Series Identifier B36TC
Aircraft Serial Number EA 348
Certified Max Gross Weight 3850
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 6
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Sep 10 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 54
Airframe Hours 554
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name NW OK CARDIOPULMONARY ASSOC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 330 S. 5TH ST., SUITE 401
Aircraft Owner City ENID
Aircraft Owner State OK
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 73701
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) Business
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code WDG
Departure City ENID
Departure State OK
Departure Country
Departure Time 1115
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 Descent
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 17
Runway Length 5500
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --