SERS · PIPER PA-34-200T · 1996-01-10 · DES MOINES, IA, USA
Event
NTSB number
CHI96LA068
Event ID
20001208X05108
Type
Accident
Date
1996-01-10
Location
DES MOINES, IA, USA
Coordinates
41.529777, -93.660957
Injuries
Highest injury
SERS
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Minor
0
Uninjured
0
Total aboard
1
Aircraft
Make
PIPER
Model
PA-34-200T
Registration
N3679M
FAR Part
091
Engines
2
Damage
SUBS
Conditions
Light
NDRK
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
the pilot not using the airplane's deice system which resulted in an accumulation of empennage ice and a tailplane stall. Factors relating to this accident were the pilot's intentional flight into known icing conditions, and the icing conditions.