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MKC85LA028

1984-11-27 · MASON CITY, Iowa, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport MCW

N41097 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (SEA-BOW INTERNATIONAL INC B-4, built 2002), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ATP PIC KNEW THAT HE WOULD BE FLYING INTO AREA OF SURFACE ICING. BOOTS ON HORIZONTAL STABILIZER DID NOT REMOVE ICE. OVER RWY AT 30 FT, ACFT STALLED & HIT THE RWY HARD. MANUFACTORER STATES ACFT CANNOT BE CERTIFIED FOR FLT INTO KNOWN ICING. DEICE AND ANTI-ICE EQUIPMENT WAS INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY DURING MANUFACTURE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_MKC85LA028.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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