# NTSB Accident CHI98LA073
> **Cessna 402B** · 1997-12-31 · WATERTOWN, SD, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI98LA073
- **Event ID:** 20001208X09286
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-12-31
- **Location:** WATERTOWN, SD, USA
- **Coordinates:** 44.910053, -97.159309
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 402B
- **Registration:** N5087Q
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to perform an aircraft preflight and to remove the ice which had accumulated on the airframe.  A factor involved in the accident was the icing weather conditions which existed and the ice which accumulated on the airplane.

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