# NTSB Accident CHI98LA098
> **Cessna 402B** · 1998-02-27 · MASON CITY, IA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI98LA098
- **Event ID:** 20001211X09530
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-02-27
- **Location:** MASON CITY, IA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.149635, -93.189147
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 402B
- **Registration:** N108RS
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DUSK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the accumulation of airframe ice during flight, and failure of the pilot to attain a proper flare for landing.  Factors relating to the accident were: the adverse weather (icing) condition; and the pilot's limited forward visibility, due to ice on the windshield and the light condition at dusk.

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