# NTSB Accident CHI05LA050
> **CESSNA 551** · 2005-01-01 · Ainsworth, NE, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI05LA050
- **Event ID:** 20050106X00025
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-01-01
- **Location:** Ainsworth, NE, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.579166, -99.993057
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 5
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 551
- **Registration:** N35403
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's decision to continue below the minimum descent altitude (MDA) and his failure to fly the published missed-approach procedure.  A factor to the accident was the pilot's improper use of windshield heat which resulted in the windshield becoming obscured with ice during the instrument approach in icing conditions.

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