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CHI93LA094

1993-02-23 · ALBERT LEA, Minnesota, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport AEL

N442TC has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-9A, built 2024), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

AN INADVERTENT STALL DUE TO ICE IN THE PITOT/STATIC SYSTEM.

Factual narrative

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN THE FLIGHT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH, 'THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY STOPPED FLYING AND CONTACTED THE SNOW...CAME TO A STOP ABOUT 500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY ON THE CENTERLINE. ALL 3 GEARS WERE FOLDED BACK.' THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN WASHED THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THEN ROLLED OUTSIDE INTO -5 DEGREE TEMPERATURE. ICE WAS FOUND IN THE AIRPLANE STATIC SYSTEM. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1993_CHI93LA094.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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