# NTSB Accident CHI02FA093
> **Cessna 208B** · 2002-03-15 · Alma, WI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI02FA093
- **Event ID:** 20020326X00397
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-03-15
- **Location:** Alma, WI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 44.357223, -91.785835
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 208B
- **Registration:** N228PA
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot not removing the ice contamination from the airplane prior to departure and the pilot intentionally flying into known severe icing conditions, resulting in the aircraft not being able to maintain altitude/clearance from the terrain.  Factors to the accident included the icing conditions and the trees encountered during the forced landing.

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