# NTSB Accident MIA98FA091
> **Cessna 208B** · 1998-03-05 · CLARKSVILLE, TN, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA98FA091
- **Event ID:** 20001211X09730
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-03-05
- **Location:** CLARKSVILLE, TN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.559261, -87.339271
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 208B
- **Registration:** N840FE
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot did not maintain control of the airplane due to undetected airframe ice, resulting in an inadvertent stall, and subsequent impact with the ground.  Factors in this accident were; flight into clouds, below freezing temperatures, and the inability of the pilot to detect ice, due to the lack of an ice detection system to determine ice build up on portions of the airframe that are not visible from the cockpit.

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